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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings – Set of selected drawings submitted as boards for the competition entry
5 5) The theater
Set of five drawings submitted among others for the competition entry to convey the overall character and feeling of the building complex. The 1st drawing includes the Site Plan, highlighting the main centers of the project, together with perspectives and sketches of what makes the site distinct, and a text on the “visualization process – walking about the site to understand the project”. The 2nd drawing is titled “The plaza and main public spaces” with the Ground Floor Plan at the center bounded with perspectives and sketches; the plan shows only the primary interior and exterior spaces of various levels of scale, for highlighting how the main centers of the project are organized and connected. The 3rd drawing contains only a large perspective of the main plaza. The 4th drawing is dedicated to the City Hall with a perspective of its lobby with the dome in the middle and floor plans, sections and elevations. The 5th drawing is dedicated to the Theater with a perspective of the theater during performance, the third floor plan and four sections and elevations.
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Unfolding of Wholeness in Large Buildings by Successive Transformations of the Space
Large building are not easy to design and keep the feeling of intimay in them. The way a large building can be given this quality is by succeeding in the creation of living centers throughout its fabric. The profusion and ...
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Sections
3 3) Section through council chamber and plaza
01/01/1986
Three sections of the project through different parts of the building complex.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Elevations
4 4) Mercy Street elevation
01/01/1986
Four elevations of the building complex.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Floor Plans
01/01/1986
Four plans depicting just the spatial organization of the four different levels of the building complex. These hardline drawings do not include dimensions or other information.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of drawings
01/09/1986
The perspective of the theater interior shows the unusual combination of scale and intimacy.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project presentation drawings
3 3) City Hall
01/01/1986
Images of three out of the five presentation drawings submitted among other documents for the competition entry. The first image shows the Site Plan drawing, highlights the special features of the buildings and the plazas and includes the explanatory text ...
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"View of Mountain View Civic Center" painting: Photographs
01/01/1986
Four views of the watercolor painting, showing the main courtyard of the Civic Center, submitted with the design competition entry package.