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REPORT TO REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL MEETING <br />ON MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018 <br />Reference: Mount Carmel proposed "Historic District" <br />I am Alain Poivet, an architect trained in France at the Ecole Nationale <br />Superieure d'Architecture de Versailles (ENSAV), France, from which I <br />graduated with honors. <br />I am the architect behind numerous residential and commercial projects <br />including the Stadium at Versailles, one of Europe's largest hospitals in Paris, <br />and the redesign of the city center in Orleans. <br />I have been asked by residents in Mount Carmel, Redwood City, to comment <br />on the proposal that the neighborhood be classified as a "Historic District". I <br />am limiting my comments solely to this question. <br />The criteria I would apply to a "Historic" designation include the <br />following: <br />(1) Does Mt. Carmel as a whole represent anything exceptional? <br />(2) If not, is the neighborhood at least in some way remarkable in its <br />execution? Is there any evidence of its architectural achievements in <br />any architecture or urbanism text books? <br />(3) If not, does Mt. Carmel contain architectural landmarks? If so, how <br />many buildings are referred to in architecture/urbanism textbooks, <br />and how many were built by renowned architects of their era? For <br />modern buildings, how many were built by award-winning architects? <br />How many are referred to in recognized tourist guides? <br />I am currently engaged in a project in Mt. Carmel and have visited the <br />neighborhood on dozens of occasions over the past six months, so I know <br />the neighborhood well. In addition, I have consulted online and scholarly <br />(textbook) reference sources and tourist documents for evidence of <br />architectural merit. <br />Mount Carmel Redwood City as proposed "Historic District" Page 1 of 4 <br />