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
Original Book

“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.

Authors:
Christopher Alexander
Publisher:
The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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