Arch. 201, Winter 1981 – Introduction to Geometry: Studio course syllabus

01/01/1981

Design Studio Course, Syllabus

Course description with ten topics, to be presented progressively, one per week: 1) Order; 2) Mirror of the Self; 3) Fifteen Properties; 4) Centers; 5) Centers and Function; 6) The Centering Process; 7) The “Being” Nature; 8) Color and Inner Light; 9) Structure Preserving Transformations; 10) Not Separateness. Additional handwritten notes by Alexander indicate the particular studio design assignment to be completed weekly.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, 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

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 ...