West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center

1994 to 1996
Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.
Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995
The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden terrace.
Client:
Edward James Foundation
C.E.S. staff:
Christopher Alexander, John Hewitt, students from "The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture", students from Portsmouth University
Contractor:
Center for Environmetal Structure, as Management Contractor and General Contractor of record, with John Hewitt as Project Manager
Project stages:
Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Innovativ
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