Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Preliminary Cost Estimate

09/09/1986

Engineering Report, Cost Data Report

30-page study includes: 1) An introductory letter indicating the content’s compliance with the competition conditions and specifications, calculated in accordance to the instructions provided by Christopher Alexander. It is a detailed take-off and estimate reflecting the drawings provided, with all the proposed unusual design elements and nonstandard construction techniques; 2) Area tabulation detailing quantities of areas of construction; 3) Cost Estimate Summaries; 4) Analytical cost estimate sheets, Two draft estimates are included.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Duane Sample, Hanscomb Associates Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

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Project

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 ...

References

Reports

Civic Center and Town Hall for Mountain View: Mountain View Civic Center Design Competition Program 01/05/1986

Project, Reference Document

Authors:

Michael Freedman, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.
Angell Lockwood, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Detailed 73-page document providing the design program specifics for the competition participants. It includes three parts, titled Background, Statement of the Problem, Competition Rules and Regulations, as well as two Appendices and five Attachments.

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