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The Linz Café: Photographs of Christopher Alexander at work

01/01/1980

Design Process

Two photographs of Christopher Alexander at the time the building was under construction, working on the geometry of the café alcove by developing cardboard mock-ups, for testing its shape, dimensions and the feel of comfort.

Photographer:

Erich Pichler, Linz, Austria

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Project

Linz Café 1980

Linz , Austria

Commercial, Realized , Construction completed in Jul-1980

Client:

Forum Design; Österreichisches Institut für Visuelle Gestaltung - Angela Hareiter

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander

Contractor:

Construction management by the Center for Environmental Structure with local subcontractors

Project cost:

$35.000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

Built as part of the international exposition "Forum Design" and designed to be "portable". Wooden building overlooking the Danube, with the first floor of the building raised to clear the ten-foot-high river embarkment. Yellow and red exterior, three stories, 2,300 ...

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