It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of patterns. It is not dense. It is not profound. But it is also possible to put patterns together in such a way that many patterns overlap in the same physical space: the building is very dense; it has many meanings captured in a small space; and through this density, it becomes profound.
It is a common experience that attempts to solve just one piece of a problem first, then others, and so on, lead to endless involutions. You no soone… - Christopher Alexander
It is a common experience that attempts to solve just one piece of a problem first, then others, and so on, lead to endless involutions. You no soone…
- Christopher Alexander
To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life. - Christopher Alexander
To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life.
We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly descr… - Christopher Alexander
We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly descr…
All space and matter, organic or inorganic, has some degree of life in it, and matter/space is more alive or less alive according to its structure an… - Christopher Alexander
All space and matter, organic or inorganic, has some degree of life in it, and matter/space is more alive or less alive according to its structure an…
People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness. - Christopher Alexander
People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness.
Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people. - Christopher Alexander
Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.
Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design. - Christopher Alexander
Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.
In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to create a global whole - a whol… - Christopher Alexander
In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to create a global whole - a whol…
The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more… - Christopher Alexander
The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more…
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