Japanese Tea House Sequence: A generative sequence of steps through which new centers are formed and unfolded

01/01/1972

Research Paper

Generative sequence with 24 distinct steps for the making of a traditional Japanese tea house; studied in a seminar with Ph.D. students taught by Christopher Alexander.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander with his Ph.D. students, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Content of

Academic Course

Advisor in the Ph.D. Program in Architecture 1972

University Program:

Ph.D. in Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Seminar

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Special course in 1972 for Ph.D. candidates.

References

Scientific Research

The Sequence of Unfolding - Generative Codes for the Design Process

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

In architecture, as in other things, the "right" sequence is of vital importance. It is a generative sequence of progressive differentiations, which allow space to unfold in the right order. Each differentiation acts on the product of the previous ...

Published Books

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Two - The Process of Creating Life 01/01/2002

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...