Systems Generating Systems

01/12/1968

Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architectural Design, Vol. 38, pp. 605-610

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd., London, U.K.

References

Scientific Research

Good Fit between Form & Context

Areas of focus:

Quality and Values

Guiding idea:

Goodness of Fit

Christopher Alexander states in the "Notes on the Synthesis of Form" that the object of design is form, and consequently the problem of design is to fit the form with its context. Form is the part of the world which ...
Decomposition Process and the Diagrams

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Early Mathematical Approach

The prevailing idea being the search for goodness of fit between form and its context, Alexander postulated that in today's selfconscious design process, in order to attain a good design there must be an underlying correspondence between the structure of ...

Articles

Systems Generating Systems 01/01/1967

Publication, Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Systemat, pp. 1-12

Publisher:

Inland Steel Products Company, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Systems Generating Systems 01/01/1967

Publication, Article, Reprint, Translation in Italian

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Casabella, Vol. 31, No. 321, pp. 4-11

Publisher:

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, Italy

Language:

Italian
Systems Generating Systems 01/11/1968

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture Canada, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 39-44
Systems Generating Systems 01/03/1968

Publication, Article, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Approach , pp. 14-19
Sistemas Que Generan Sistemas / Systems Generating Systems 01/01/1969

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Tres Aspectos de Matematica Y Diseño, pp. 62-79

Editor:

Tusquets Editor

Publisher:

Ediciones de Bolsillo, Barcelona, Spain

Language:

Spanish
Sistemas Que Generan Sistemas / Systems Generating Systems 01/01/1971

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint, Translation in Spanish

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

La Estructura Del Medio Ambiente - Christopher Alexander, pp. 57-72

Editor:

Tusquets Editor

Publisher:

Ediciones de Bolsillo, Barcelona, Spain

Language:

Spanish
Systems Generating Systems 01/09/2011

Publication, Book Contribution, Reprint

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Computational Design Thinking, pp. 58-67

Editor:

Achim Menges, Sean Ahlquist

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd., London, U.K.

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