Rethinking the “Pattern Language” by C. Alexander. Spatial prototypes for participatory urban design, presented at the 15th International Conf. “Standardization, Protypes & Quality: A Means of Balkan Countries’ Collaboration”, Trakya University, Turkey

Theoretical basis and key assumptions for the process of urban growth, tested initially in the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project in 1979, in which the formation of larger urban wholes was highlighted as an overriding rule. This process was further ...

Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...

“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...