Course Material

Arch. 207 Winter 1979 – Seminar on Theory of Urban Design: Notes on class dialogue “On Visions”

01/01/1979

Student Work, Seminar Course Notes

10-page notes on “Visions”, a recording of the exchange of ideas between instructors and students in the course of the seminar.

Content of

Academic Course 1 Items

Advanced Graduate Seminar on Theory of Urban Design 1979

Focus on the Centering Process, Visions, Financing problems, etc.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

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 ...

Published Books 1 Items

A New Theory of Urban Design 01/01/1987

Publication, Original Book

The sixth volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “A New Theory of Urban Design” attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop organically. The venerable cities of the past, such ...