Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Board 2 – The plaza and main public spaces

01/07/1986

Design Matters, Notes

Three draft pages laying out the key design factors and aspects of the main plaza and the other public spaces for the new Civic Center; presented with illustrations on the second presentation board. One more draft included.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, others, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View 1986

Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Designed , Invited Competition, Not built

Client:

City of Mountain View - Mr. Michael Freedman, c/o ROMA, urban design consultant to the city

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Gary Black

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $17,000,000

Project stages:

Design Development

Invited design competition entry. One of five invited entries and winner of first round selection process. The project with 100,000 square feet of total area of construction included: a) the new City Hall building 65,000 sq.ft.; b) Community Theater with ...

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Records

References

Records

Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Board 4 - City Hall 01/07/1986

Project, Design Matters, Notes

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, others, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Two draft pages laying out the key design factors and aspects of the City Hall for the new Civic Center; presented with illustrations on the fourth presentation board. One more draft included.

Photographs

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of Architecture students having a meeting with Christopher Alexander 01/05/1986

Project, Exterior View, Garden View

Photographer:

Ismet Khambatta/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

A group of architecture students in the C.E.S. office in Martinez, enjoying lunch on the grass with Christopher Alexander and his colleagues. Seven photographs showing moments of talking, eating and playing.