Notes on the Synthesis of Form: Photographs of book artwork Artwork

01/01/1962

Book Artwork

Photograph included the 1962 book manuscript; it illustrates diagram D, the village entity, which deals with private life, shelter and small-scale activities; the predominant form is D2 which defines the compound for about fifty people; it is accompanied with diagrams D1 and D3.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Published Book

Notes on the Synthesis of Form 01/01/1964

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In ...

References

Manuscripts

Notes on the Synthesis of Form: Author's copy 01/01/1962

Publication, Book Draft, Complete Manuscript

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

238-page hardbound copy, a typewritten early version with paste-up graphs and heavy text editing by the author. It consists of: 1) Part One: The Need for Rationality, 2) Part Two – 4 Chapters: Goodness of Fit, The Source of Good ...

Photographs

Notes on the Synthesis of Form: Photographs of book artwork Artwork 01/01/1962

Publication, Book Artwork

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Photograph included the 1962 book manuscript; it illustrates the composite diagram “Entire Village”, composed of the diagramatic entities A, B, C and D.