Article

A Much Asked Question about Computers in Design

05/12/1964

Book Contribution

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture and Computers - Proceedings First Boston Architectural Conference, pp. 52-54

Publisher:

Boston Architectural Center with a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

References

Scientific Research

Patterns in Software Development

Areas of focus:

Connections to Other Sciences

Guiding idea:

Software Development

Christopher Alexander had developed a long and diverse relationship to the use of computers in design since the 1960s. It culminated with the interest the computer software community showed to the idea of pattern and pattern languages and how the ...
On Science of Architecture and Related

Areas of focus:

Connections to Other Sciences

Guiding idea:

Complexity Theory

Research on new concepts in Complexity Theory and on the way Architecture could be approached as science despite its unique characteristics and qualities.

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Public Events

Architecture and the Computer 05/12/1964

Sheraton-Plaza, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Conference, Professional Event

Organized by:

Boston Architectural Center

The Boston Architectural Center organized the first conference on the use and impact of the computer on architectural design and the architectural and engineering professions, under the title “Architecture and the Computer”. Christopher Alexander gave a speech on “A Much ...

Records

Architecture and Computers - Proceedings First Boston Architectural Conference 05/12/1964

Public Event, Proceedings

Authors:

William J. LeMessurier, Lisle G. Russell, George Swindle, Howard Fisher, Arcangelo Cascieri, Serge Chermayeff, Steven Coons, Welden E. Clark, James J. Souder, W. A. Fetter, Walter Gropius, Henry A. Millon, Aaron Fleisher, Royston Landau, Marvin Minsky, Francois Claude V, Boston Architectural Center, with a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

59-page document containg the proceedings of the conference on “Architecture and Computers”, organized by the Boston Architectural Center, as a part of its program in local ‘Practicioner Education’. Major architectural institutions and offices, as well as US businesses participated; 600 ...