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Winter 1983The focus of the studio was on the book “The Nature of Order”, at that time being a draft in one volume. Christopher Alexander distributed a xerox copy of his book manuscript to the students, for sharing with them his views on architecture, teaching them the main principles and developing their understanding on what matters in design and building. The major topics addressed in the studio were the following: 1) Production of Order; 2) Function and Ornament; 3) Geometric Properties; 4)Mirror of the Self.
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
01/12/1983
Eleven essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order ...
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
01/12/1983
Four essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order; ...
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
03/02/1983
Four essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order; ...
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References
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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 as a Tangible and Objective Quality: The Mirror of the Self
In any process of design or making, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. What ultimately matters in this process is that the work produced generates feeling in ...
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Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding
Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...
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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 ...
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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 ...