Round House

1999 to 2007

South 220 Pl & Ryerste Rd., Elkhorn, NE, U.S.A.

Residential, Built , Construction completed in 2007

Residence stepping down hillside above Elkhorn river.

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Jack and Nancy Round

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout The house was built nine years later without the involvement of C.E.S.

Contents

Models & Mock-ups 2 Items

Round House: Site and house model 01/07/1999

Model

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

5 3/4"x10"x11 1/2"

Scale:

1/8"=1'

A cardboard rough model of a complete house design adopted to the specifics of the site.
Round House: Wall and windows model 01/07/1999

Model

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

4"x19"x20"

A cardboard study model of a wall elevation with window openings.

Photographs 3 Items

Round House: Photographs of layout process on the land 01/02/2000

Layout Process on Site

Photographer:

Jack Round, Elkhorn, NE, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Three photographs from the time the house was laid out on the land by the Rounds and C.E.S. architects, using stakes, ribbons, and long pieces of wood to mark levels.
Round House: Photographs of project model 02/03/2000

Model

Photographer:

Jack Round, Elkhorn, NE, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Two photographs of the project working cardboard model made in parallel with the layout process of the house on the land, in order to test and adjust volumetric configuation, shapes of open space, and their balanced relationship.
Round House: Photographs of the building and its gardens 01/01/2009

Exterior View, Garden View

Photographer:

Jack Round, Elkhorn, NE, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Four photographs of the project after its construction was completed.