Neighborhood of Five Houses: Completion Agreement

15/12/1995

Contractual, Addendum to Contract

2-page letter of Agreement between the Center for Environmental Structure with Linda and Geoffrey Gioja, Sylvia and James Heisey, Patricia and Michael Goddu laying out the updated terms of completion, adjusted to the actual situation and to the specific demands of construction. Signed by all parties involved with an additional agreement that C.E.S. will sign the “Modification and Enhancement of Mechanic’s Lien Contract”.

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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