Neighborhood of Five Houses: Modified Design Agreement

03/10/1992

Contractual, Changes in Contract

Signed 8-page design agreement between the Center for Environmental Structure and the clients, Linda and Geoffrey Gioja, Mike and Patricia Goddu, and Jim and Sylvia Heisey modifying their previous agreement of 22-May-1992. Three house designs will be made in consultation with each family, which will give each house unique qualities, using the same construction technique. The design and construction of all three will be on the same schedule.

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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