Photograph

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project working model

01/07/1986

Design Process, Model

Larger scale paper working model of the project, exploring an initial scheme organized around an elongated open space leading to a back garden, which finally was not adopted.

Photograph:

1) Bird's eye view from the front
2) Closer view of previous image
3) Bird's eye view from the side
4) Close-up view focusing on the central elongated open space

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Project 1 Items

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View 1986

Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Designed , Invited Competition, Not built

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

Scientific Research 3 Items

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

Photographs 3 Items

Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project model 01/09/1986

Project, Design Process, Model

Five views of the presentation model, prepared for the invited competition; it portrays clearly the presence of centers in the volumetric arrangement of buildings, throughout a range of scales.
Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project working model 01/07/1986

Project, Design Process, Model

The first rough project model, in a small scale made out of small wooden blocks, exploring the volumetric configuration of the project and its elongated open space.
Civic Center & Town Hall for Mountain View: Photographs of project working model 01/07/1986

Project, Design Process, Model

Larger scale paper working model of the project, presenting the final scheme included in the competition; building volumes, courtyards and features highlighting its main centers are clearly visible.