Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Eine Geometrie fur Democratie

01/10/1996

Visual, Presentation Board

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.

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

Records 1 Items

Redevelopment of Cottbus City: Urban Planning Ideas Competition - Explanatory Report 01/10/1996

Project, Design Matters, Notes

Authors:

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

4-page text describing the initial and basic ideas for the main plan of the new Sprem street competition, used in the relevant presentation boards; a three-page draft with edits of the board texts is also included.

Photographs 2 Items