Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Sketches

01/01/1986

Architectural Design, Sketches, Perspective

Four sketches depicting the “seat by the small fountain” concept for the column bases of the main courtyard’s arcade. The first is an ink hardline sketch of a side view of one column with fountain and seats; the next two are pencil sketches of the column with a person seating next to it; and the last one is a pencil front view with a row of columns with fountains and people seating and enjoying .

Designers:

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

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

5 1/4"x8", 6 3/4"x9"

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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 ...

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