Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 – On “The Nature of Order”: Essay on the concepts of “The Nature of Order”

01/12/1983

Student Work, Essays

28-page essay presenting a personal understanding and evaluationt. A critical reading of the 11-week course material of Arch. 201, analyzed by week in ten essays; discussing concepts of Cosmology, Order and Geometry, Feeling, Properties, The Structure of Wholeness, Function and Ornament, Creation of Centers, Symmetry, the Being Nature, Oneness, Not-separateness, concluding with the New Cosmology concept.

Authors:

Jerri Holan, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Design studio on "The Nature of Order" 1983

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201/203

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Enrolled students:

Gregory C. Tung, Wei-jen Yang, Michael Robinette, Stuart MacDonald, Carl Sanders, Gunnar Johann Brinck, Tom Carnegie, Jerri Holan

The focus of the studio was on “The Nature of Order”, at that time being a draft in one volume. Christopher Alexander distributed a xerox copy of his book manuscript to the students, for sharing with them his views on ...

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