Advanced Topics on Geometry and Wholeness

Fall 1980

Topics studied: 1) How to generate and attain wholeness; 2) Definiton of “whole”; 3) Centering process; 4) Simplicity seeking process and not-separateness; 5) Geometric properties.

Contents

Course Material 1 Items

Arch. 207, Fall 1980 - Seminar on Advanced Topics on Geometry and Wholeness: Handouts and brief essays on wholeness, centers, centering process, simplicity seeking process and not-separateness 01/09/1980

Student Work, Seminar Course Notes

Fifty four pages with a mixture of notes from a seminar held by Christopher Alexander with Artemis Anninou, Hajo Neis and Nili Portugali, on the following topics: 1) On wholeness and the process to attain it, 13-Oct-1980; 2) On the ...

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

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 ...
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 ...

Books 2 Items

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One - The Phenomenon of Life 2002

“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for ...
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

“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 ...