Alhambra Tile Fragment: Photographs of the tile fragment and related sketches

01/01/1984

Sketches

Three photographs, including the tile fragment and the original sketches of Christopher Alexander inspired by it, presenting the gradual formation of centers by increasing the degree of life in them.
They were exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.

Photograph:

Content of

Work of Art 1 Items

Alhambra tile fragment in the Alexander collection

Art Collection, Hand-made Tilework

Tile fragment from Alhambra purchased by Christopher Alexander in the early 1980s for its beauty of geometry and color, and for advancing his research on Geometry and its Fundamental Properties.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

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 ...

Public Events 1 Items

Locus Manifesto-exposition "Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing Society´s Transitions" 21/05/2014 to 06/10/2014

Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris, France

Exhibition

The 40 architects already awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture participated and exhibited their works. The exhibition was on international touring until 2016. Christopher Alexander’s participation included the extensive presentation of the Mexicali project in the “Saving the People’s Habitat” ...