But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.
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…
- 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
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…
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.
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…
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.
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