Arch. 203 & Arch 291, Spring 1979 – Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Theory III On Urban Design: The Process is guided by a System of Emerging Wholes

01/06/1979

Research Paper, Handout to Students

25-page paper on piecemeal growth and the creation of larger wholes; it includes a series of sketches of the emerging urban structures of the San Francisco Waterfront development simulation.

Authors:

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

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Academic Course

References

Scientific Research

Wholeness and the Theory of Centers

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields 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 ...

Published Books

A New Theory of Urban Design 01/01/1987

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

The sixth volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “A New Theory of Urban Design” attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop organically. The venerable cities of the past, such ...