Go BackThe Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book One – The Phenomenon of Life
“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, we can ask precise questions about what must be done to create more life in our world. He introduces the concept of living structure, basing it upon his theories of centers and of wholeness, and defines the fifteen properties from which all wholeness is built.
The book was exhibited at Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, together with others in Science Cabinet #1.
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book One - The Phenomenon of Life
01/01/2002
“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for ...
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ザ・ネイチャー・オブ・オーダー 建築の美学と世界の本質
生命の現象
01/09/2013
Translation of “The Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One – The Phenomenon of Life” in Japanese and its publication in Japan, in 2013.
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Podstata řádu - O stavitelském umění a podstatě univerza
01/01/2020
Translation of “The Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One – The Phenomenon of Life” in Czech and its publication in Czech Republic, in 2013.
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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On Science of Architecture and Related
Research on new concepts in Complexity Theory and on the way Architecture could be approached as science despite its unique characteristics and qualities.
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Wholeness as a Tangible and Objective Quality: The Mirror of the Self
In any process of design or making, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. What ultimately matters in this process is that the work produced generates feeling in ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
2002
“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 ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Four - The Luminous Ground
2004
“The Luminous Ground” is the fourth and last volume of “The Nature of Order” series. In this volume, Alexander attempts to show the cosmological underpinning of the nature of order. The book has two goals. First, to show that the ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“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, ...
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The Relative "Oneness"
1977
On “Oneness”, as wholeness was initially approached; introduction of the centering process and the geometric properties. Tasks focused on definition of properties and their relationship to patterns; on the process for making a good rug; and on the process ...
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Introduction to Geometry
1979
Three part course: 1) Structure of space with harmony and order in it; 2) Fundamental properties of space, the necessary and sufficient preconditions for this order to occur; 3) Designs which have this harmony and order in them.
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Advanced Graduate Seminar on Theory of Urban Design
1979
Focus on the Centering Process, Visions, Financing problems, etc.
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