Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Presentation Drawings – Sections

Invited design competition entry. One of five invited entries and winner of first round selection process. The project with 100,000 square feet of total area of construction included: a) the new City Hall building 65,000 sq.ft.; b) Community Theater with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Set 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 ...

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.

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.

The main building section through the whole building complex, depicting the City Hall lobby and the theater. Its geometry and articulation are fresh and carry the features of the fifteen properties.