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Patterns of Growth: Operationalizing Alexander's "Web Way of Thinking"
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Abstract Christopher Alexander was often characterized - and sometimes seemed to characterize himself - as "sui generis," a radical and perhaps even eccentric thinker on architecture, technology, culture, and nature. That perception in turn has led many to dismiss Alexander's work as too idiosyncratic to be ... mehr
Christopher Alexander was often characterized - and sometimes seemed to characterize himself - as "sui generis," a radical and perhaps even eccentric thinker on architecture, technology, culture, and nature. That perception in turn has led many to dismiss Alexander's work as too idiosyncratic to be operationalized in the pragmatic world of planning and building. Here we show, however, that Alexander's core ideas have strong parallels in contemporary network science, mathematics, physics, and philosophy, and in the pragmatic world of technological design (including computer software). We highlight a remaining gap in translating Alexander's work into practical tools and strategies for implementation - a gap that is tantalizingly near to being bridged.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Architektur; Architekt; Design
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Naturwissenschaften, Technik(wissenschaften), angewandte Wissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
Christopher Alexander; design patterns; network science; pattern language; wiki
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 235-245
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 8 (2023) 3
Heftthema
Assessing the Complex Contributions of Christopher Alexander
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)