The Mary Rose Museum: Architectural Contract

06/03/1992

Contractual, Design Services Agreement

12-page draft of design contract between the Mary Rose Trust and the Center for Environmental Structure for the design of the Mary Rose Museum. Design services will be based on design work completed according to previous agreement of 23-Jan-1991 and all supplementary authorizations between January 1991 and March 1992.

Authors:

John Vimpany, Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth, U.K.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Content of

Project

Mary Rose Museum 1991 to 1993

Portsmouth, Hampshire, U.K.

Civic, Designed , Not built

Client:

The Mary Rose Trust - Mr. John Vimpany & Dr. Brian Hanson

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Miyoko Tsutsui, Annie der Bedrossian

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $15,000,000

Design and construction process:

The following are the major sequential steps of the design process: 1) Defining a word-picture of generic centers 2) Structure preserving emergence of the building volume from the urban landscape 3) The rough sketch design 4) Obtaining the structural design 5) Money distribution 6) Distribution of the main mass concrete of the building 7) Working through the finer materials, concrete, brick and stone with special regard for light and color

Project stages:

Design Development stage in progress Construction management rules and process Innovative construction methods

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