Pattern Language : Towns, Buildings, Construction
You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. \ After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their...
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"Brilliant....Here's how to design or redesign any space you're living or working in—from metropolis to room. Consider what you want to happen in the space, and then page through this book. Its radically conservative observations will spark, enhance, organize your best ideas, and a wondrous home, workplace, town will result"—San Francisco Chronicle. This classic handbook presents a language which ordinary people can use to express themselves in their own communities or homes, and to better communicate with each other.
USING THIS BOOK\ A pattern language Summary of the language Choosing a language for your project The poetry of the language\ TOWNS\ Using the language Patterns\ BUILDINGS\ Using the language Patterns\ CONSTRUCTION\ Using the language Patterns\ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\
