Building Process Area of Emphasis: Series of lectures on “The Nature of Order” – Foundations of Architecture

Fall 1990

Lecture course for both graduate and undergraduate students. Twenty-four lectures to determine the foundation of all architecture, both on a theoretical and practical level. The intent of the course was to define the basic structure needed by any environment, which supports life and to give the student an understanding of the processes required to create that structure.

University Program:

Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture

Course type:

Lecture Course

Course number:

Arch. 160

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis

Contents

Visual & Audio Materials

Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1990 29/11/1990

Audio, Tape

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Cassette tape of a lecture by Christopher Alexander on the “Emergence of Being Nature”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about fifty minutes.