Master Plan for the University of Oregon: Sketches – Pattern “Department Hearth”
01/01/1971Sketch illustrating the concept of “department hearth” located in the center of gravity of a department’s offices and beside a path that everyone uses. A “hearth”, by providing space for various activities like a lounge, department mail, coffee, supplies, library, student information etc., will aid the strengthening of social interaction and will create possibilities of open exchange of ideas.
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Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages
The first patterns were developed in 1967 by a group of people working together with Christopher Alexander in the Center for Environmental Structure. Between 1968 and 1976 the first pattern languages were developed and tested for particular projects undertaken by ...
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Project Specific Pattern Languages - Specificity and Generality of Pattern Languages
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, ...