Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Die Spremberger Strasse – Grudidee

01/10/1996

Visual, Presentation Board

Five versions of a board titled “The Spremberger Street – Basic Idea”, which depict on a rough plan the proposed interventions on the street; the connection between spaces and gates being the primary idea. Images, sketches and texts provide the relevant information, along with comments and notes.

Created by:

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

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

Correspondence 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Note setting the points of review by Christopher Alexander regarding the layout and information included on the presentation boards; seven pages of focused items for review are forwarded 08/10/1999

Project, Design Matters

Sender:

Dave, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Note

Records 2 Items

Photographs 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Photographs of project site 01/10/1996

Project, Site Existing Conditions

Photographer:

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

Source:

Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

Ten images depicting the characteristic aspects of the project site as seeing from various angles.