Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings – Set of selected drawings submitted as boards for the competition entry
01/01/1986Set of five drawings submitted among others for the competition entry to convey the overall character and feeling of the building complex. The 1st drawing includes the Site Plan, highlighting the main centers of the project, together with perspectives and sketches of what makes the site distinct, and a text on the “visualization process – walking about the site to understand the project”. The 2nd drawing is titled “The plaza and main public spaces” with the Ground Floor Plan at the center bounded with perspectives and sketches; the plan shows only the primary interior and exterior spaces of various levels of scale, for highlighting how the main centers of the project are organized and connected. The 3rd drawing contains only a large perspective of the main plaza. The fourth drawing is dedicated to the City Hall with a perspective of its lobby with the dome in the middle and floor plans, sections and elevations. The fifth drawing is dedicated to the Theater with a perspective of the theater during performance, the third floor plan and four sections and elevations .
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Set of selected drawings submitted as boards for the competition entry
Site Plan
01/01/1986
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Set of selected drawings submitted as boards for the competition entry
The plaza and main public spaces
01/01/1986
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Set of selected drawings submitted as boards for the competition entry
The main plaza
01/01/1986
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Unfolding of Wholeness in Large Buildings by Successive Transformations of the Space
Large building are not easy to design and keep the feeling of intimay in them. The way a large building can be given this quality is by succeeding in the creation of living centers throughout its fabric. The profusion and ...
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Sections
01/01/1986
Three sections of the project as follows: 1) Main section through the City Hall lobby and the Theater, 2) Section through the Theater, 3) Section through council chamber and plaza.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Elevations
01/01/1986
Four elevations of the project as follows: 1) Castro Street elevation, 2) Elevation from the park, 3) Wells Fargo elevation, and 4) Mercy Street elevation.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings - Floor Plans
01/01/1986
Three plans depicting just the spatial organization of the building complex at four different levels: the parking level, the ground floor, the mezzanine floor and the second floor. These hardline drawings do not include dimensions or other information.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of drawings
01/09/1986
The perspective of the theater interior shows the unusual combination of scale and intimacy.
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Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project presentation boards
01/01/1986
Five images of the presentation boards depicting: 1) The Site Plan drawing, various special features of the building complex and plazas as well as the accompanying explanatory text of the proposed concepts; 2) The floor plans of the building complex, ...
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"View of Mountain View Civic Center" painting: Photographs
01/01/1986
Four views of the watercolor painting, showing the main courtyard of the Civic Center, submitted with the design competition entry package; one of them is a close-up view.