Article

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

01/10/2019

Paper, University Publication

Authors:

Alkmini Paka

Publisher:

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture, Thessaloniki, Greece

References

Scientific Research

The Process of Urban Design and the Formation of Larger Urban Wholes

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

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 ...
Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Participation of Users

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 ...

Published Books

A Pattern Language 01/01/1977

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

“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 ...