The Nature of Order: Chapter 7 – The Field of Centers

01/01/1986

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Approximately 550 pages comprising a collection of eight versions, some partial and some more complete, discussing the concept of “The Field of Centers” and what are the qualities defining its order; illustrated with examples from nature, art, architecture, urban planning.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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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

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“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 ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Two - The Process of Creating Life 01/01/2002

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“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 ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Four - The Luminous Ground 01/01/2004

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“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 ...
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 01/01/2005

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Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“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 Nature of Order: Complete early version manuscript 01/01/1986

Publication, Book Early Version, Complete Manuscript

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Approximately 1200-page complete manuscript with one page at the beginning with notes on improvements to be made; in five parts with an epilogue. Preface: The Art of Building; Part I: Structural Nature of Order; Part II: Creation of Order; Part III: ...