Arch. 201, Winter 1981 – Introduction to Geometry: “Dialogue on Ignorance” between C1 and C2

07/12/1981

Research Notes

15-page essay, an early attempt to clarify the different ideas and versions of the theory through posing questions and looking for their answers; it touches on practical issues of design as well .

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Introduction to Geometry: Properties of Form 1981

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Ten theoretical topics accompanied by ten separate design problems, each lasting one week; results of student’s work to be submitted weekly on a single 20×30 board. The calendar of topics as presented was: 1) Order; 2) Mirror of the Self; ...

References

Scientific Research

Published Books

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One - The Phenomenon of Life 01/01/2002

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

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

“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for ...