Drawing

The Linz Café: Sketch of alcove front

01/01/1980

Sketches

Two pages with three watercolor sketches of the alcove front wall and a few pattern fragments.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Linz, Austria

Medium:

Original on Paper

Content of

Work of Art

Color sketch of the alcove fronts for the Linz Café project 1980

Personal Work of Art, Painting

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Gouache on wood panel, 5"x5"; it was used on the front jacket of "The Linz Café" book.

Contents

Drawings

The Linz Café: Sketch of alcove front 01/01/1980

Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Linz, Austria

Medium:

Original on Paper
The Linz Café: Sketch of alcove front 01/01/1980

Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Linz, Austria

Medium:

Original on Paper

References

Scientific Research

Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields of Centers

Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...

Drawings

Color sketch of the alcove fronts for the Linz Café project - Alternative wall pattern 01/01/1980

Work of Art, Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Linz, Austria

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

3 1/4"x3 3/4"

A small, blue and white geometrical pattern; an alternative pattern for the interior wall coloring.

Photographs

The Linz Café: Alcove front - Photograph 01/01/1980

Work of Art, Gouache Painting

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Photograph of Christopher Alexander’s gouache painting on wooden panel.