Empirical Research in Design: Comparison Between Highly Modularized and Industrialized Buildings, and Traditional Buildings Concerning Their “Liveliness,” According to Human Behavior

05/12/1975

Student Work, Paper

31-page paper dealing with the concepts of “Aliveness” and “Process of Differentiation and Combination” from “The Timeless Way of Building”, investigating what is the meaning of these concepts to various people using a scientific scale. Contents: 1) Rationale – background of the project; 2) Related Work; 3) Hypothesis; 4) Research Design; 5) Tables; 6) Analysis and Test; 7) Conclusions; 8) Implication; 9) Criticism and Suggestions for further Work; 10) Bibliography; 11) Annexes.

Authors:

Maria Cristina de Toledo Piza, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Seminar on Empirical Research in Design 1975

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Seminar

Course number:

Arch. 232

Instructors:

Horst Rittel

Enrolled students:

Maria Cristina de Toledo Piza

Graduate seminar by Horst Rittel.

References

Published Books

The Timeless Way of Building 01/01/1979

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

“The Timeless Way of Building” is the opening work in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. Here Alexander introduces the ideas behind the succeeding books. The book lays the foundation of the series. It ...