Chapter 18. Ornament as Part of all Unfolding, 2 / Ornament as Detail Which Emerges Directly from the Process of Making

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

S's cut with jig-saw after being drawn on one-inch planks; then filled with plaster.

Hand-made ornamental terrazzo panels with animal figures on the vertical surfaces of an outdoor bench.

850 hand-made tiles with flower, cast in blue and white terrazzo, ground and polished for the terrace floor; mockups and experimentation for developing the flower mold and the way of making them were developed in a construction course, and the ...