Arch. 201, Winter 1981 – Introduction to Geometry: Studio course syllabus

01/01/1981

Design Studio Course, Syllabus

Studio course description with the following ten topics, to be presented progressively, one per week: Order, Mirror of the Self, Fifteen Properties, Centers, Centers and Function, The Centering Process, The “Being” Nature, Color and Inner Light, Structure Preserving Transformations, Not Separateness. Additional handwritten notes by Alexander indicate the particular studio design assignment to be completed weekly.

Content of

Academic Course 1 Items

Introduction to Geometry: Properties of Form 1981

Ten theoretical topics accompanied by ten separate design problems, each lasting one week; results of student’s work to be submitted weekly on a single 20×30 board. The calendar of topics as presented was: 1) Order; 2) Mirror of the Self; ...

References

Published Books 1 Items

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One - The Phenomenon of Life 01/01/2002

Publication, Original Book

“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 ...