Correspondence

Nepal Buddhist Monastery: Discussing the delicate issue of design ownership and the publication rights. Asking for the editing of the 13-Jul-1988 draft agreement and for replacing a specific paragraph with the proposed in the letter new paragraph inserts

26/07/1988

Contractual, Outstanding Issues

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Ann M. Bergfors, Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

Nyingma Buddhist Monastery 1988 to 1989

Kathmandu, Nepal

Civic, Designed , Not built

Client:

Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center - David A. French Construction Mgr. and Ann M. Bergfors Coordinator

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Ismet Khambatta, Keiko Inoue

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $1,500,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Tibetan Buddist Study Center, a monastic and educational facility for 300 monks, at the outskirts of Kathmandu, to be built by the monks themselves using 70% self help and 30% professional labor. Approximate area of construction 122,000 square feet, ...

References

Correspondence

Reports

Nepal Buddhist Monastery: Addendum to the contract between the Nyingma Institute and the Center for Environmental Structure 10/01/1989

Project, Contractual, Addendum to Contract

Authors:

David A. French, Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center, Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, CA , U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

2-page update on the terms agreed upon by the initial contract to include supplementary material to the schematic drawings: a model, rough sketches of construction details and a short handbook outlining the best process for the project.