All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
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#3This is amazing, other than minor quibbles I think this has captured every aspect of what makes places at every scale good for humans to inhabit.
Once you read it you’ll recognize what makes a certain neighborhood feel so right. Or what makes some towns and villages perfect in terms of liveability.
And it carries through to what makes some houses feel instantly perfect.
It does seem very western though, I wonder how many of these patterns work in Asia or Africa for example?
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#4Why, really? Each pattern is barely a page or two long (well, with a picture it spills over). The point is already to be brief, but also provide some context. Just reading one lets you muse on the concept and see if it fits with gig. The same technique was used in The Society of Mind for the same reason.
I know you put work in, but your site is essentially a listicle, basically missing the purpose.
Christopher Alexander was very influential on the construction of our house, such as the recommendation against corridors and having any passages become living space.
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#5I highly recommend getting the full book. This should be required reading for every housing developer. If you ever felt like a house or community was uncomfortable or made you subconsciously unhappy, you might find the reason in this book.
Re: All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
#6worth checking this out from 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA kind of ironic he was moving away from patterns to more fundamental concepts just as the software world was just discovering patterns. I think his shift to these more fundamental concepts is a much better way to think about design.
Re: All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
#7worth checking this out from 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA kind of ironic he was moving away from patterns to more fundamental concepts just as the software world was just discovering patterns. I think his shift to these more fundamental concepts is a much better way to think about design.
Alexander's thesis Notes on the Synthesis of Form contained the description of the design techniques, low coupling and high cohesion that were later brought into software in the mid-60s.
It's hard to get more fundamental than that, in software at least.
I remember trying to read his four book Magnum opus and found it much too dense. I think he settled on "life" as the quality without a name.
Re: All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
#8Re: All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
#9worth checking this out from 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA kind of ironic he was moving away from patterns to more fundamental concepts just as the software world was just discovering patterns. I think his shift to these more fundamental concepts is a much better way to think about design.
Alexander's thesis Notes on the Synthesis of Form contained the description of the design techniques, low coupling and high cohesion that were later brought into software in the mid-60s. It's hard to get more fundamental than that, in software at least. I remember trying to read his four book Magnum opus and found it much too dense. I think he settled on "life" as the quality without a name.
Not "life", "wholeness". I also quit midway through the second book out of four, too much woo.
Re: All 253 Patterns from Christopher Alexander's a Pattern Language Summarized
#10Why, really? Each pattern is barely a page or two long (well, with a picture it spills over). The point is already to be brief, but also provide some context. Just reading one lets you muse on the concept and see if it fits with gig. The same technique was used in The Society of Mind for the same reason. I know you put work in, but your site is essentially a listicle, basically missing the purpose. Christopher Alexan…
Why not? Love the listicle, good work OP.