Correspondence

Linz Café: Hopes expressed that a previous letter was received and anticipating response for Christopher Alexander’s contribution to the Forum exhibit catalogue

10/03/1980

Public Relations, Promotional Material

Sender:

Alessandro Mendini, Domus, Milan, Italy

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Telex

Content of

Project

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 ...

References

Correspondence

Linz Café: Notification in a friendly spirit, that due to lack of response, a suggestion was made to Forum Design, and accepted, not to include Christopher Alexander's contribution to the Forum exhibit catalogue 02/03/1980

Project, Public Relations, Promotional Material

Sender:

Alessandro Mendini, Domus, Milan, Italy

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter