Building Process Area of Emphasis: Series of lectures on “The Nature of Order” – Foundations of Architecture

Fall 1991

Lecture course for both graduate and undergraduate students. Twenty-four lectures to determine the foundation of all architecture, both on a theoretical and practical level. The intent of the course was to define the basic structure needed by any environment, which supports life and to give the student an understanding of the processes required to create that structure.

University Program:

Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture

Course type:

Lecture Course

Course number:

Arch. 160

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Yodan Rofe

Contents

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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 27/08/1991

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

Cassette tape of the first Fall semester introductory lecture, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order.” Christopher Alexander juxtaposes the mechanistic worldview vs. the dynamic worldview and discusses the notions of order and value, the structure ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 29/08/1991

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

Cassette tape of the second Fall semester introductory lecture by Christopher Alexander on the dynamic qualities and aspects of the design process, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 03/09/1991

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

Cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the “Idea of Life, Value, Objectivity and Objective Geometric Structure”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 05/09/1991

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

Cassette tape of the fourth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “Structure of Space – Centers & Wholeness”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 12/09/1991

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Hansjoachim Neis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Cassette tape of the fifth Fall semester lecture by Hansjoachim Neis on “Seeing and Perceiving Wholeness”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and ten minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 17/09/1991

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Yodan Rofe, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Cassette tape of the sixth Fall semester lecture by Yodan Rofe on the “Structure of Space – Centers & Wholeness”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 19/09/1991

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

Cassette tape of the seventh Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the first part of “Structure of Space – Geometric Properties,” part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is one ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 24/09/1991

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

2-sided cassette tape of the eight Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the second part of “Structure of Space – Geometric Properties”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 26/09/1991

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

Cassette tape of the ninenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “The Geometric Properties in Nature”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and fiftten minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 01/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the eleventh Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “The Mirror of the Self and the importance of using the empirical process for seeing, determining and understanding the levels of life existing in any man-made object ”, ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 08/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twelveth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “10,000 Mirrors of the Self”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is one hour and five minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 10/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the tenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the “Personal Nature of Order” 1991, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is one hour.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 17/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the fourteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “Structure Preserving Transformations”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is one hour and fifteen minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 22/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the fifteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on introducing the “Dynamics of the Step-by-Step Process”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 24/10/1991

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

Cassette tape of the sixteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “First Example of Building Process”, explaining the importance of a dynamic step by step process used in a specific building from its initial conception and through continuous corrections, ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 29/10/1991

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Yodan Rofe, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Cassette tape of the seventeenth Fall semester lecture by Yodan Rofe on “General Process of Creating Centers, Always Making Larger Wholes and Structure Preserving Transformations”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 07/11/1991

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

Cassette tape of the eighteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “Function”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about fifty two minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 14/11/1991

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

Cassette tape of the nineteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “Actual Making & Construction Details”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and twenty minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 19/11/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twentieth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, the last on the issue of process, devoted to the “Seven conditions of the process that produce life & wholeness” followed by questions and answers, part of a series ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 21/11/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twenty first Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “Unity”, part of a series of lectures on The Nature of Order, taught during Fall 1991; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and a ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 26/11/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twenty second Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “Deep Feeling and the Emergence of Being”, part of a series of lectures on The Nature of Order, taught during Fall 1991; the duration of the lecture ...
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 03/12/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twenty third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “Color and Inner Light”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and twelve minutes.
Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 05/12/1991

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

Cassette tape of the twenty fourth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “Unity, Feeling and Spiritual Dimension of Wholeness” using the Eishin project as an example, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration ...

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References

Books

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

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

No of pages:

476 pp

“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 ...
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

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

No of pages:

636 pp

“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 ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Four - The Luminous Ground 2004

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

No of pages:

356 pp

“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 ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Three - A Vision of a Living World 2005

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

No of pages:

697 pp

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

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