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BACK OF THE MOON NEIGHBORHOOD

Lake Travis, Austin, Texas 1996
designed and built by Christopher Alexander
and his collegues from The Center for Environmental Structure
in conjunction with the Users
using techniques described in A Pattern Language
and The Timeless Way of Building

Back of the Moon neighborhood
View out over Lake Travis. The lower end of the hull of public space in Austin: the fountain, where the lake abuts the common land.
The hull of public space
Upper end of the hull of public space in Austin.
View out over Lake Travis
View out over Lake Travis.
The hull of public space
The hull of public space
Houses under construction
Houses under construction
Finished house
Finished house
The Heisey house
The Heisey house
Finished house
Finished house
The Heisey house
The Heisey house
Finished house
Finished house
Houses under construction
Houses under construction
Passageway
The passage between living areas and private areas—as you see in this photograph, half indoors, half outdoors.
Dining room windows
Dining room windows, as we then built them from the mockup, overlooking the lake.
The fireplace
The fireplace
Living room
Living room of the Goddu house.
Interior porch
Interior of the great porch of the Heisey house.
Kitchen and living room
Looking from the kitchen through the living room, to the windows of the library at the far end of the house.
The kitchen
A view of the kitchen and breakfast nook.
Bed alcove
Bed alcove in the Gioja house.
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