Correspondence

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: In response to the reaction of the 13-Dec-1996 letter regarding contract developments by Christopher Alexander, Frau Gisela Kraft expresses the continuing interest and eagerness of the city to continue working with him for the rest of city planning projects.

16/12/1996

Contractual, Informative

Sender:

Frau Gisela Kraft, City of Cottbus, Building Department, Cottbus, Germany

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax

Language:

German

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 explains to Christopher Alexander the reasons of political sensitivity for which the city of Cottbus needed to sign a contract for the design plan of Altmarkt with somebody else, as otherwise the planning funds would expire. Nonetheless, the city intends to continue working with the C.E.S. on the Altmarkt, Spremberger Strasse, Heron-Platz, and Stadtpromenade project. 13/12/1996

Project, Contractual, Informative

Sender:

Frau Gisela Kraft, City of Cottbus, Building Department, Cottbus, Germany

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax

Language:

German