Chapter 13. Patterns: Generic Rules for Making Centers, 11 / The System of Patterns Emanates as a Whole

“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 ...

Pattern languages consist of a multitude of patterns which reflect and define a way of life, people's inner feelings and aspirations, they relate to culture, to climate and to the actual place, and they are rooted in observation. During the pattern ...

A shared pattern language in a project acts as the generic system which gives the power to the smaller local acts to form a whole. Within the process of making a project, every individual act of building differentiates space. However, ...

Aga Kahn design competition for the new cultural center for the ancient city of Samarkand; the competition called for the reconstruction of a central city area about 1000 meters by 500 meters, which was to contain a great variety of ...