Fall 1991 Architecture: Environmental Design and Visual Studies Course Descriptions

01/09/1991

Proposal for New Area of Emphasis

Description of courses to be taught by Prof. Christopher Alexander for the Fall 1991 semester: Arch.160 The Nature of Order: Foundations of Architecture, Arch.201 Case Studies in Architectural Design, Arch.260a The Nature of Order, Arch.263a Building Construction, Elementary Construction Experience.

Content of

Academic Activity

The Building Process Area of Emphasis: Its inception and establishment 1991

The Building Process Area of Emphasis

New area of study in the Architecture Department proposed by Christopher Alexander to the Faculty of the Department. The intellectual content of this area of study laid in the convergence of two streams of thought: a) the concept of wholeness, ...