Lecture on “The Nature of Order”, given during Fall 1991

03/09/1991

Audio, Tape

Cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the "Idea of Life, Value, Objectivity and Objective Geometric Structure", part of a series of lectures on "The Nature of Order"; the duration of the lecture is about one hour .

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Academic Course 1 Items

Building Process Area of Emphasis: Series of lectures on "The Nature of Order" - Foundations of Architecture 1991

University Program:

Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture

Course type:

Lecture Course

Course number:

Arch. 160

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Yodan Rofe

Lecture course for both graduate and undergraduate students. Twenty-four lectures to determine the foundation of all architecture, both on a theoretical and practical level. The intent of the course was to define the basic structure needed by any environment, which ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Wholeness as a Tangible and Objective Quality: The Mirror of the Self

Areas of focus:

Quality and Values

Guiding idea:

Wholeness as an Objective Quality

In any process of design or making, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. What ultimately matters in this process is that the work produced generates feeling in ...

Articles 1 Items

Discord Over Harmony in Architecture: The Eisenman / Alexander Debate 01/05/1983

Publication, Article, University Publication

Authors:

Peter Eisenman, Christopher Alexander

Published in:

HGSD News, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 12-17

Publisher:

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.