Report

Neighborhood of Five Houses: Agreement on Completion Procedure – Addendum to the Construction Contracts

01/12/1994

Contractual, Addendum to Contract

5-page unsigned draft agreement describing the completion procedure, meant to be included as addendum to the construction contracts. The points and steps pertaining to the completion of the project involve the Life Savings Bank as well. Outlines occupancy, house and bank inspections, payments, lien’s and final payment, cash flow, miscellaneous, punch list.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey and Linda Gioja, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Mr. & Mrs. Mike and Patricia Goddu, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Sylvia Heisey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Neighborhood of Five Houses 1992 to 1995

Lake Travis, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1995

Client:

Representative - Mrs. Linda Gioja

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure with Carl Lindberg

Project cost:

Total project price: $800,000

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

Cluster of five houses with common land and communal structures, located on Lake Travis, outside Austin, Texas; only three out of the initial five houses were built. The three house designs were made in close consultation with each family, which ...

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