Linz Café: Chairs, Stools and Tables for the café – Photographs

01/01/1980

Interior View

Interior view of one of the spaces where tables, stools and a built-in bench were used.
The photo was exhibited during the 10th Annual Louis Kahn Memorial Lecture in 1992, where Christopher Alexander was invited to give a lecture.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Linz, Austria

Source:

Characteristics:

19 3/4"x23 3/4", Color

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Content of

Construction Innovation

Linz Café: Chairs, stools and tables for the café 1980

Work of Art for Project, Project Furniture

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Chairs, stools and tables specifigally designed and built for the café in parallel with the building construction.

References

Projects

Linz Café 1980

Linz , Austria

Commercial, Realized , Construction completed in Jul-1980

Client:

Forum Design; Österreichisches Institut für Visuelle Gestaltung - Angela Hareiter

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander

Contractor:

Construction management by the Center for Environmental Structure with local subcontractors

Project cost:

$35.000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

Built as part of the international exposition "Forum Design" and designed to be "portable". Wooden building overlooking the Danube, with the first floor of the building raised to clear the ten-foot-high river embarkment. Yellow and red exterior, three stories, 2,300 ...

Public Events

10th Annual Louis Kahn Memorial Lecture 28/04/1992

Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PN, U.S.A.

Invited Lecture, Academic Event

Organized by:

Louis Kahn Memorial Committee

Since 1983, the annual Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award + Talk has been Philadelphia’s signature event honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of architecture. The event celebrates these achievements in memory of the storied career of Philadelphia ...

Drawings

Linz Café: Chairs, stools and tables for the café - Sketches 01/01/1980

Construction Innovation, Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Linz, Austria

Medium:

Original on Paper, Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"X11"

Small pen sketches of a square wooden table and a stool for the café, and a sketch of a built-in bench for the alcove which includes dimensions and guidelines of making it.