Correspondence

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: In response to Christopher Alexander’s explanation letter regarding the organizational aspects between the project and the academic participation, Eduard Fuehr expresses his approval and makes suggestions on how to proceed; all depending upon more concrete decisions to be made by the city of Cottbus officials.

22/10/1996

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:

Fax

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: Letter addressing the misunderstandings created by Christopher Alexander's letter of eleven requirements. Alexander here analyzes the distinction between the pragmatic professional requirements of a big scale project and the academic involvement with it. 13/10/1996

Project, Administrative, Response to Request

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Eduard Fuehr, Annette Sommer, Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet, Cottbus, Germany

Medium:

Fax