Article

Das Linz Café – Anlaesslish der Ausstellung “Forum Design” in Linz, Donau / The Linz Café – On the occasion of the Exhibit “Forum Design” in Linz, Donau

01/04/1982

Article

Authors:

Paulhans Peters

Published in:

Baumeister, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 329-333

Publisher:

Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, Munich, Germany

Language:

German

References

Projects 1 Items

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 1 Items

Exhibition "Die Zeitlose Art der Dinge" / "The Timeless Way of Things" for Forum Design 27/06/1980 to 05/10/1980

Linz Café, Linz, Austria

Exhibition

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Nili Portugali

Organized by:

Forum Design: Oesterreichisches Institut fur Visuelle Gestaltung

“The Timeless Way of Things” was exhibited in the Linz Café during the Forum Design exhibition. It was prepared by C.E.S. and illustrated the basic principles of geometry, in particular the “mirror of self” criterion and 14 geometric principles present ...