Lecture on “The Nature of Order”, given during Fall 1992
25/10/19922-sided cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, focuses on the Upham house and the detailed steps taken from the beginning of his discussions with the family and throughout the whole project. This lecture tries to illustrate the concept of “one process” or the “operation X” introduced at the end of the previous lecture.
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
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