Book Chapter

Chapter 11. The Sequence of Unfolding, 8 / A Generative Sequence for Apartment Buildings in Pasadena

Book title:

The Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two – The Process of Creating Life

Pages:

306-313

Content of

Book

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Two - The Process of Creating Life 2002

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

No of pages:

636 pp

“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...

References

Scientific Research

The Sequence of Unfolding - Generative Codes for the Design Process

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

In architecture, as in other things, the "right" sequence is of vital importance. It is a generative sequence of progressive differentiations, which allow space to unfold in the right order. Each differentiation acts on the product of the previous ...

Projects

Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing 1987 to 1988

Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Zoning Ordinance, Residential, Realized , Completed in 1988 and implemented

Client:

Pasadena Multi-family Housing Task Force

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma

Project cost:

$135,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for building layout process Implementation process

The purpose of the draft ordinance was to define new guidelines which would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena's heritage. Respect for the existing physical qualities of the old Pasadena residential ...