Article

The City as a Mechanism for Sustaining Human Contact

01/10/1966

Paper, University Publication

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

Center for Planning and Development Research, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

References

Scientific Research

On Cognitive Psychology

Areas of focus:

Connections to Other Sciences

Guiding idea:

Cognitive Psychology

Research on Cognitive Psychology, in the Joint Center for Urban Studies, M.I.T. & Harvard University and in the Center for Cognitive Studies, Harvard University.
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 ...

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Public Events

American Institute of Planners Conference 01/01/1967

Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Conference, Academic Event

Organized by:

American Institute of Planners

Christopher Alexander presented his research work on “The City as a Mechanism for Sustaining Human Contact”, published on 1966 by the Center for Planning and Development Research, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley.