A City is not a Tree Part 2

01/05/1965

Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architectural Forum, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 58-61

Publisher:

Urban America Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

Download File

Contents

Records

"Theory of Environmental Design - Complexity 6", text in English of the same title article published in Japanese 31/03/1969

Article Publication, Original Text

Authors:

Gunter Nitschke, Toshi-Jutaku , Tokyo, Japan

6-page original text in English of the article “Theory of Environmental Design, Complexity VI”, published in the Japanese Journal Toshi-Jutaku; it presents, in the author’s thesis, his theories vs. Christopher Alexanders published works “Notes on the Synthesis of Form”, “Community ...

References

Scientific Research

Good Fit between Form & Context

Areas of focus:

Quality and Values

Guiding idea:

Goodness of Fit

Christopher Alexander states in the "Notes on the Synthesis of Form" that the object of design is form, and consequently the problem of design is to fit the form with its context. Form is the part of the world which ...
Decomposition Process and the Diagrams

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Early Mathematical Approach

The prevailing idea being the search for goodness of fit between form and its context, Alexander postulated that in today's selfconscious design process, in order to attain a good design there must be an underlying correspondence between the structure of ...

Articles

A City is not a Tree Part 1 01/04/1965

Publication, Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architectural Forum, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 58-62

Publisher:

Urban America Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
A City is not a Tree 01/02/1966

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Design, pp. 46-55
A City is not a Tree 01/01/1967

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Dutch

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Stichting Werkgemeenschappen Bergeijk, No. 2, pp. 77-108

Publisher:

Bergeijk Working Communities Foundation, Netherlands

Language:

Dutch
A City is not a Tree 01/01/1967

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Icelandic

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Hefti Birtingur, No. 13, pp. 50-72

Publisher:

Birtingur, Reykjavik, Iceland

Language:

Icelandic
A City is not a Tree 01/03/1967

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Hebrew

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Journal TVAI, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 64-69

Language:

Hebrew
Une Ville n'est un Arbre / A City is not a Tree 01/11/1967

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in French

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture, Mouvement, Continuite, No. 161, pp. 3-11

Publisher:

Société des Architectes Diplômés du Gouvernement (SADG), Paris, France

Language:

French
The Burdens of the Specialists 28/06/1967

Publication, Article

Published in:

Manas, Vol. 20, No. 26, pp. 1-2, 7-8

Publisher:

Manas Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
La Ciudad no es un Árbol / A City is not a Tree 01/09/1968

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Guadernos Summa - Nueva Vision - Christopher Alexander: Nuevas Ideas sobre Diseno Urbano - Special Issue, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 20-30

Publisher:

Registro Nacional de la Propiedad Intelectual, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Language:

Spanish
A City is not a Tree 01/03/1968

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Approach, pp. 26-27
A City is not a Tree 01/01/1968

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Ekistics, Vol. 23, pp. 344-348

Publisher:

Athēnaïko Kentro Oikistikēs - Doxiadis Associates, Athens, Greece
La Ciudad no es un Árbol / A City is not a Tree 01/01/1969

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Tres Aspectos de Matematica Y Diseño, pp. 19-60

Editor:

Tusquets Editor

Publisher:

Ediciones de Bolsillo, Barcelona, Spain

Language:

Spanish
A City is not a Tree 01/01/1969

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture Anthology, pp. 580-590

Editor:

Jeffrey Cook

Publisher:

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, U.S.A.
La Ciudad no es un Árbol / A City is not a Tree 01/07/1969

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Actualidades Tecnico Cientificas Arquitectura, No. 2, pp. 54-82

Language:

Spanish
La Ciudad no es un Árbol / A City is not a Tree 01/01/1971

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

La Estructura Del Medio Ambiente - Christopher Alexander, pp. 17-55

Editor:

Tusquets Editor

Publisher:

Ediciones de Bolsillo, Barcelona, Spain

Language:

Spanish
A City is not a Semilattice Either 01/01/1976

Publication, Article

Authors:

F. Harary, J. Rockey

Published in:

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 375-384

Publisher:

Pion Ltd., London, U.K.
A City is not a Tree 01/05/1986

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Zone, Vol. 1/2, pp. 129-149

Publisher:

Ur zone Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
A City is not a Tree 01/01/1993

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture Culture 1943-1968: A Documentary Anthology, pp. 379-388

Editor:

Joan Ockman

Publisher:

Rizzoli - Columbia Books of Architecture , New York, NY, U.S.A.
Architecture and the Global Ecological Crisis: from Heidegger to Christopher Alexander 21/04/2004

Publication, Article

Authors:

Arran Gare

Published in:

The Structurist - Regenerating Art and Architecture in Nature's Landscape, No. 43/44, pp. 30-37

Publisher:

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

SEE ALL Articles