Photograph

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Photographs of project model

01/10/1996

Model

Three images of the rough cardboard bodel simulating a street segment with gates.

Photographer:

Hansjoachim Neis, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

Content of

Project 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City 1996 to 1997

Cottbus, Germany

Development Plan, Designed, Not built

Client:

Baudezernat for Bauordnung und Bauwesen

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, John Hewitt

Project cost:

Expected design fee: 300.000 DM

Project stages:

Concept Design

Project in the old city of Cottbus, which intended to include two places, the Altmarkt and the Spremberger Strasse –the old market and a street. The proposal was to develop a pattern language of the project and to adopt a ...

References

Visual & Audio Materials 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Eine Geometrie fur Democratie 01/10/1996

Project, Visual, Presentation Board

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Five versions of a board titled “Geometry for Democracy”, which describes the sought after qualities of public spaces to be enjoyed by people. Sketches and model photographs illustrate the main points.