The Origins of Pattern Theory,the Future of the Theory, And The Generation of a Living World (Part A) by Christopher Alexander The following presentation was recorded live in San Jose, California, October of 1996, at The 1996 ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programs, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA). Introduction by Jim Coplien Once in a great […] read more
The Origins of Pattern Theory,the Future of the Theory, And The Generation of a Living World (Part B) by Christopher Alexander The following presentation was recorded live in San Jose, California, October of 1996, at The 1996 ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programs, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA). B. The Nature of Order The pattern theory […] read more
The Origins of Pattern Theory,the Future of the Theory, And The Generation of a Living World by Christopher Alexander C. What the future holds in store: The Generativity Problem and the Generation of a Living World Let us now consider a problem of magnitude. There are some two billion buildings in the world, about 2 […] read more
Author of Notes on the Synthesis of Form, A City is Not A Tree, A Pattern Language and The Nature of Order by Michael Mehaffy Michael Mehaffy: We’re seeing some astonishing things coming out of the sciences just now. Geometry seems to be the hot topic – the complex structure of proteins, the unfolding processes of […] read more