Drawing

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Sketches

01/01/1986

Architectural Design, Sketches, Perspective

One sketch depicting a view of the main plaza filled with people.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

29"x39 1/4"

Content of

Project

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View 1986

Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Designed , Invited Competition, Not built

Client:

City of Mountain View - Mr. Michael Freedman, c/o ROMA, urban design consultant to the city

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Gary Black

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $17,000,000

Project stages:

Design Development

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 ...

References

Photographs

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of sketches 01/01/1986

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

8"x10", B&W

Two images of pencil sketches illustrating the main plaza and the smaller plaza spaces as defined by the proposed building volumes.