Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Site plan on a contour map of lot 22 and portions of lots 39 and 40

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People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)
Charles J. Savio (draughtsman)
Charles J. Savio (surveyor)
San Francisco Society of the New Jerusalem (client)
Kister & Savio Associated (surveyors)

Title:

Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Site plan on a contour map of lot 22 and portions of lots 39 and 40

Date:

after 14 January 1959

Description:

- These three drawings for the site and disposition of Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, are executed on a diazotype contour map of the site. An alternate, more developed design was executed on two sheets of tracing paper joined together and attached to the diazotype. A small cut-out formerly attached to the sheets is probably an alternate plan for one of the buildings.

Form:
maps
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
record drawing
technical drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and orange and green pencil on diazotype ?

Dimensions:

sheet: 61.3 x 91.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0415:001-004

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
freehand drawings
contour map

Method of Projection:

site plans

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Two irregularly-shaped sheets of tracing paper are attached to the diazotype with pressure-sensitive tape. all three sheets have graphite and pencil changes. A small irregularly-shaped cut-out was formerly attached to the sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated, and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: "KISTER & SAVIO ASSOCIATED / LICENSED LAND SURVEYORS / 2554 MACDONALD AVENUE RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA / [with title] / FOR: SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY OF THE NEW JERUSALEM / [... signature of surveyor] JOB No. 7021 / DATE: 1-14-59 [...]"; and in various locations: "X-599" [drawing number], and with street names, lot numbers, elevation heights, identification of buildings, and notes inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite and orange pencil, throughout: with distances, calculations, and notes

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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