“Community Territory” Pattern

01/07/1968

Early Pattern

Early formulation of pattern on a 2-page format with: Title of Pattern, Photo, Statement of Problem, Solution, Diagram, Author/s, Date, revision Date and Notes. Revised in Sep-1970 .

Authors:

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

Content of

Published Book

A Pattern Language Which Generates Multi-Service Centers 01/01/1968

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Publisher:

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

The first of Alexander’s early works published by the Center for Environmental Structure, notably the first pattern language for a project. It is presented as a system of generating principles, called a pattern language for multi-service centers. It includes 64 ...
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

Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Pattern Languages in Practice

The first patterns were developed in 1967 by a group of people working together with Christopher Alexander in the Center for Environmental Structure. Between 1968 and 1976 the first pattern languages were developed and tested for particular projects undertaken by ...