Correspondence

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Response to invitation to participate in a project organized by the city of Cottbus and the Technical University of Cottbus in relation to the symposium as part of the bi-annual ‘Science Days’ event in the region. Christopher Alexander expresses his delight in the idea of designing an apartment building at the city center with the students but only if construction phase is included.

10/03/1996

Expression of Interest, Request for Feedback

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Eduard Fuehr, Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet, Cottbus, Germany

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City 1996 to 1997

Cottbus, Germany

Development Plan, Designed, Not built

Client:

Baudezernat for Bauordnung und Bauwesen

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, John Hewitt

Project cost:

Expected design fee: 300.000 DM

Project stages:

Concept Design

Project in the old city of Cottbus, which intended to include two places, the Altmarkt and the Spremberger Strasse –the old market and a street. The proposal was to develop a pattern language of the project and to adopt a ...

References

Correspondence 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: In response to Christopher Alexander's positive response to the idea of working with the Technical University Cottbus students on a project through a longer time arrangement, various actions and possible ideas are discussed. The letter includes an attachment of Eduart Fuehr's communication with a large construction company interested to help by also covering parts of Alexander's fees and other expenses. 28/03/1996

Project, Prospect of Project, Notification

Sender:

Eduard Fuehr, Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet, Cottbus, Germany

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Language:

English, German