Lecture on “The Nature of Order”, given during Fall 1991
24/10/1991Cassette tape of the sixteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “First Example of Building Process”, explaining the importance of a dynamic step by step process used in a specific building from its initial conception and through continuous corrections, adjustments and re-adjustments to the most minute details, until its completion; the duration of the lecture is about one hour and twenty minutes.
References
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Upham House: Concrete wall shape and detailing
1990
The main structural wall of the house, details of the technique, shape and figure were developed from the mockups for the wall construction elements. A detailed, full-size cardboard mockup of a complete bay of the wall was built on site, ...
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Upham House: Hand-made, painted and glazed lily tiles
1991
Low relief clay tiles produced from the plaster mold of the first successful original tile; four different variations of color combinations were tested on the site. The ones embedded in the stem wall of the foundation were the yellow lily ...