Arch. 201, Winter 1981 – Introduction to Geometry: “Our Separation from the World”
07/12/198144-page text, which presents an outline –most probably for the design studio class, building an overall argument on the ten topics; each page contains a heading and one or two sentences.
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
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 ...
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Wholeness and the Theory of Centers
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 ...