Go BackIntroduction to Geometry: Properties of Form
Winter 1981Ten 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; 3) Fifteen Properties; 4) Centers; 5) Centers and Function; 6) The Centering Process; 7) The “Being” Nature; 8) Color and Inner Light; 9) Structure Preserving Transformations; 10) Not Separateness.
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Studio course syllabus
01/01/1981
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 ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Preparatory notes for the studio course
07/12/1981
Six draft versions of the ten topics of the design studio with notes, clarifications and indications of the weekly tasks to be completed by the students for each one of them. The six versions, eleven pages in total, have the ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: "Dialogue on Ignorance"
07/12/1981
15-page essay in the form of a dialogue between C1 and C2; an early attempt to clarify the different ideas and versions of the theory through posing questions and looking for their answers; it touches on practical issues of design ...
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References
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Wholeness and the Theory 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 ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book One - The Phenomenon of Life
2002
“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 ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
2002
“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Four - The Luminous Ground
2004
“The Luminous Ground” is the fourth and last volume of “The Nature of Order” series. In this volume, Alexander attempts to show the cosmological underpinning of the nature of order. The book has two goals. First, to show that the ...