Record

Berryessa House: Field notes by Bob Theis

04/03/1988

Construction Works, Outstanding Issues

63-page record of communication between the construction manager and Christopher Alexander regarding the progress of the second phase of construction. The time recorded is between September 22, 1987 and March 4, 1988, and presents a photographic record with chronological order of the steps taken and the decisions required to be made regarding structural problems, frame reparations, and design evaluations leading to the completion of works and thus enabling the shooting of gunite.

Authors:

Bob Theis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Content of

Project

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

References

Scientific Research

Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Process

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...

Correspondence

Records

Berryessa House: Work Report on Berryessa 28/05/1987

Project, Planning of Works, Outstanding Issues

Authors:

Artemis Anninou, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Three pages reporting a list of issues observed during a site inspection between May 25 and May 28, 1987, the working hours of two people during that time, and listing a nine step work-schedule for resolving the observed issues and ...