Go BackIntroduction to Geometry
Fall 1979Three part course: 1) Structure of space with harmony and order in it; 2) Fundamental properties of space, the necessary and sufficient preconditions for this order to occur; 3) Designs which have this harmony and order in them.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry Seminar class: A retrospective view
25/09/1979
Complete 267-page record by a student of the sixteen class meetings of the Arch. 207 seminar, including syllabus, notes, assignments, projects, examples and personal thoughts; compiled and sent to Christopher Alexander on May 1984.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry Seminar class: Student notes on the class
25/09/1979
Student sketches in pencil and watercolor along with notes for nine seminars on Geometry: 25-Sep-1979; 27-Sep-1979; 2-Oct-1979; 4-Oct-1979; 9-Oct-1979; 11-Oct-1979; 16-Oct-1979; 18-Oct-1979; 30-Oct-1979 .
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry: Seminar course syllabus
25/09/1979
3-page description of the seminar class “Introduction to Geometry”; it includes course description, course objectives and course organization.
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Wholeness and the Theory of Centers
Christoper Alexander defined and described wholeness as an idea to view and shape space, and searched for ways to formulate and represent wholeness in precise terms, as a structure. He idenfied the entities with 'strength' give structure to what is ...