Exhibition “Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things”in the Linz Café: Photographs of the exhibited boards with text and photographs

“The Timeless Way of Things” was exhibited in the Linz Café during the Forum Design exhibition. It was prepared by C.E.S. and illustrated the basic principles of geometry, in particular the “mirror of self” criterion and 14 geometric principles present ...

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 ...

In any process of design or making, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. What ultimately matters in this process is that the work produced generates feeling in ...

Christoper Alexander defined and described wholeness as an idea to view and shape space, and searched for ways to formulate and represent wholeness in precise terms, as a structure. He idenfied the entities with 'strength' give structure to what is ...

Drawings depicting the layout of the items exhibited on three walls of the Linz café, with the name of every photograph. The exhibit was organized in 11 sections: 1) “Mirror of the Self” with 12 photos, 2) “Different Cultures, Different ...

Photographs depicting thirteen draft boards, four with the text and nine with visual examples. Though in a schematic and condensed form, the boards represent closely the content, sequence and overall feel of the exhibit, but not the way each picture ...

Photographs depicting ten draft boards, two with text and eight with visual examples. Though in a schematic and condensed form, the boards represent closely the content, sequence and overall feel of the exhibit, but not the way each picture was ...

Photographs depicting twelve draft boards, five with text and seven with visual examples. Though in a schematic and condensed form, the boards represent closely the content, sequence and overall feel of the exhibit, but not the way each picture was ...