Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls

01/01/1981

Construction Works, Construction Process

8-page document outlines three important building operations of the project, namely the following: Pitched Concrete Roof, Post and Beam Wall with Concrete Exterior, and Concrete Column Base for Wooden Column. Each Building Operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart and detailed drawings. Also used in the C.E.S. Office Construction Manual draft.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Construction Innovation

References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Projects

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 ...

Drawings

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Records

Center for Environmental Structure - Organization of Construction Manual 01/01/1981

C.E.S. Office, C.E.S. Projects Overview, Construction Manual

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

5-page draft document listing the nine volumes of a construction manual, explaining the terms by which a construction operation could be included and describing the required information that each building operation must fill-out in special forms. Included are three additional ...