Article

The Heart of the City – A Necessary Binding Force that Creates the Core of Every City

01/01/2006

Paper, Online

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

www.livingneighborhoods.com, pp. 62 pp

Publisher:

Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.

References

Scientific Research

The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...