Time Garden

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    • *A New Description of The Cosmic House* by Edwin Heathcote, The Keeper of Meaning, with Charles Jencks, The Critic, and Charles Jencks, The Architect, First Edition, 2021, p.34

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      • UF Cosmic House Garden

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        15 Archival description results for Time Garden

        -CJA-TSA-11 · File
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Contents of a folder labelled 'Symbolic Arch.' containing colour transparencies attached to paper or in tracing paper sleeves, pencil and coloured pencil drawings. All are overlaid with tracing paper marked up for publication.

        Includes:
        -The Time Garden (coloured pencil drawing)
        -Dome of water motifs (pencil drawings)
        -the Future Pavilion
        -Moonwell

        -CJA-TCH-c-7 · Temporary · [1975-1986]
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Colour slides showing historic furniture and interiors, mostly labelled, as well as some photographs of the Thematic House.

        Includes:
        -Villa Stuck
        -Peacock Room
        -Hill House
        -Van de Velde

        Future
        -CJA-TCH-b-9 · File · 1984, 1998, 2000
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Contents of a box labelled 'Future'.

        Contains colour slides of the Future Pavilion, the Double Stairs, the Time Garden and the rear elevation of The Cosmic House.

        Thematic Rear Garden
        -CJA-TCH-b-8 · File
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive
        Contents of a box labelled 'Thematic Rear Garden'. Contains colour slides of the Time Garden, Future Pavilion and the Rear Elevation.
        Thematic
        -CJA-TCH-b-3 · File · [1982-1984]
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Contents of a box labelled 'Thematic'.

        Includes colour slides of Indian Summer, Summer, the Moonwell, the Bookhouses and the Winter fireplace during construction; as well as a picnic in the Time Garden labelled 'picnic June 21' and stamped 'Aug 83'.

        [Thematic House]
        -CJA-TCH-b-29 · File · nd [1984-2000]
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive
        Comprises slides of the exterior of the house, details of floors and windows, views of the Time Garden, rooms and furniture in use, including Charles in the Architectural Library.
        Garden
        -CJA-TCH-b-10 · File · 1984-2001
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive
        Contents of a box labelled 'Garden'. Contains colour slides of the Future Pavilion, the Double Stairs, the Time Garden and the Rear Elevation, as well as a picnic in the Time Garden.
        -CJA-TCH-a-46 · File · 24 Dec 1983
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Ink drawings, watercolours and typescript commentary by Ian Hamilton Finlay of proposals for the garden. The designs include: Sundial, Benches, Herms, Obelisk and Roman Fragments.

        The designs are presented in a series of folded cards, numbered 1; 2; 2a; 3; 4; 4a; 5; 4a ,5a; 5a; 6; 6a; 7; 8; 9; 10; 10a. Some of the designs and typescript documents have come loose from the cards.

        Finlay, Ian Hamilton
        -CJA-TCH-a-39 · File · 1978-1984
        Part of Charles Jencks Archive

        Bundle of drawings with a covering page labelled 'Rear Elevation'. The bundle is wrapped in a whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'C&M Jencks House: conservatory sketch Nov 1980' with manuscript annotations.

        Within the bundle, there is also a smaller bundle of papers, also wrapped inside a whiteprint. This whiteprint is annotated 'Key Elevation. Done in Scotland June [crossed out]/July 1980. C. Jencks'. This bundle includes:
        -photocopied drawings of windows
        -pencil drawing on tracing paper of balustrades, folded
        - whiteprint drawing of windows, doors and balustrades annotated 'key elevation. Done in Scotland. June 1980? [crossed out]. July 18, 1980. C Jencks'.
        -photocopied elevation drawings with pen annotations
        -whiteprint drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Setting out Jacuzzi Elevation' Aug 1981, folded and used as a wrapper. Inside are a whiteprint drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Rear Elevation' Feb 1981 [folded] and photocopied front elevations with pen annotations
        -unlabelled whiteprints of front elevation and axonometric drawings, with a list of potential savings to be offset against the balustrading and columns
        -whiteprint rear elevation annotated 'key elevation. Done in Scotland. June 1980? [crossed out]. July 18, 1980. C Jencks'.
        -whiteprint front elevation with a note from Charles to Terry at the bottom
        -unlabelled whiteprint front elevation, folded
        -unlabelled whiteprint rear elevation, folded
        -pencil drawing on tracing paper of the rear elevation and garden plan, with problems listed at the bottom, folded. Inside are a folded whiteprint version of the same drawing plus front and rear elevations and smaller pencil sketches on tracing paper.
        -whiteprint axonometric drawing of the house and a proposed garden design including a grotto. Folded
        -whiteprint drawing of windows with measurements, folded
        -pencil sketches on tracing paper of Jencksiana designs
        -whiteprint unlabelled rear elevation with manuscript notes and ink annotations, folded
        -whiteprint sketch rear elevation
        -whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'Back Elevation (almost final design drawing)' Oct 1980, folded

        The rest of the bundle includes:
        -b&w polaroid photograph of the rear elevation
        -unlabelled whiteprint rear elevation, folded
        -whiteprint roof terrace plan, folded
        -photocopy of a photograph of the rear elevation during construction
        -photocopied window designs coloured in with felt tip pen
        -unlabelled whiteprint rear elevations, folded
        -b&w photograph of the house from the street during construction
        -pencil sketch on tracing paper showing steps into the garden
        -pencil sketch on tracing paper of the rear elevation
        -unlabelled whiteprint of sketch rear elevations, used as a wrapper for photocopies of axonometric drawings of octagonal windows
        -envelope labelled 'Penny & Anthropomorphism'
        -photocopies from unknown publications showing figures representing abstract concepts
        -pencil drawings of figures representing art and architecture, folded, with pencil manuscript correspondence inside from Penny [Jencks] regarding the figures and giving personal news
        -manuscript letter from Penny [Jencks] to Charles written on an envelope discussing the figures.
        -colour photographs of figures on buildings. The photographs have been glued to white paper with manuscript captions. [6 pages, the glue has failed on many of the photographs] with a manuscript covering letter from Charles to Penny
        -colour reproduction of a building with figures either side of the window
        -letter from John Cullen Lighting Design
        -manuscript letter from Charles to Penny regarding termes by Hugues Sambin
        -invitation to the St Botolph Club, Boston
        -colour photograph of a clay sculpture
        -invitation to and programme for the dedication of a statue to Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison by Penelope Jencks
        -b&w photograph of the rear of the house during construction.