The Identification of Good Buildings and their Physical Geometrical Properties: Test No. II

01/06/1980

Student Work, Paper

40-page paper to be given to various experts who would decide if they agree upon the four proposed concepts: 1) Structural Hierarchy of Centers, 2) Symmetries, 3) Contrast, 4) Positive-Negative Space – Figure-Ground Relation. It contains analysis of the concepts used, the questionnaire, the method and procedure for the processing of the selected data and an Appendix with photos of Buildings.

Authors:

Hansjoachim Neis, Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Letters and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Independent Study Course in City Planning and Psychology Departments 1980

University Program:

Master of Psychology

Course type:

Independent Study

Course number:

IDS.242

Instructors:

Donald Appleyard / Prof. Craik

Enrolled students:

Hansjoachim Neis, Ralf Weber

Course organized between the City Planning and Psychology Departments, attended by Alexander’s students.

References

Scientific Research

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 ...