Go BackBuilding Process Area of Emphasis: Series of lectures on “The Nature of Order” – Foundations of Architecture
Fall 1992Lecture 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.
Contents
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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 ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1992
24/09/1992
2-sided cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on using one’s feeling of wholesomeness as an objective measure when designing. This feeling is induced by the level of wholeness observed. The example of planning a larger ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1992
01/10/1992
Cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “The Personal Nature of Order” opening aspects in one’s soul. The lecture continues explaining the concept of the “Mirror of the Self” and continues with the difficult concept ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1992
06/10/1992
2-sided cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander. The lecture starts with introduction to the “Unified Field of Centers” concept by Yodan Rofe through slide show preparing for Christopher Alexander’s lecture and discussions with the students ...
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