Pattern Language – Vol.1 City/Farm Interface down to Small Building: Book early version

01/01/1970

Book Early Version

228-page document on the sequence of patterns by size; patterns are listed in groups as per the size of the area the pattern refers to. The list contains twenty eight groups, starting with the 100-30 km group “Small Urban Region” pattern, and progressively going down to the 1 cm group “Warm Colors” pattern.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, …, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Published Book

A Pattern Language 01/01/1977

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...

References

Scientific Research

Theory of Patterns and Pattern Languages

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Patterns and Pattern Languages

In 'The Timeless Way of Building' Christopher Alexander postulates that the quality in buildings cannot by made, but only generated, indirectly, by the ordinary actions of the people. He asserts that people can shape buildings for themselves, and have done ...