Correspondence

Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Discussing the observations of a professional estimator, evaluating the budget assigned by the city as “underbudgeted” in relation to the level of quality described in the program. Five possible options are given to choose from. Additional questions and requests for more information are listed. One draft is included

10/07/1986

Design Matters, Request for Feedback

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Philip E. Rose, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

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 ...

Contents

Correspondence

References

Reports

Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Mountain View Civic Center Design Competition Program 01/05/1986

Project, Reference Document

Authors:

Michael Freedman, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.
Angell Lockwood, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Detailed 73-page document providing the design program specifics for the competition participants. It includes three parts, titled Background, Statement of the Problem, Competition Rules and Regulations, as well as two Appendices and five Attachments.