Notes on the synthesis of form Christopher Alexander

By:

Alexander, Christopher

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TextPublication details: Cambridge Harvard University Press 1964 ISBN:

9780674627512
0674627512

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DDC classification:

745.4 ALE

Contents:

The need for rationality -- Goodness of fit -- The source of good fit -- The unselfconscious process -- The selfconscious process -- The program -- The realization of the program -- Definitions -- Solution -- Epilogue -- Appendix I. A worked example -- Appendix 2. Mathematical treatment of decomposition -- Notes.

Summary: "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design.

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	Books	CamTech Library				745.4 ALE (Browse shelf(Opens below))				C.1	Available			CamTech 001032

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The need for rationality --
Goodness of fit --
The source of good fit --
The unselfconscious process --
The selfconscious process --
The program --
The realization of the program --
Definitions --
Solution --
Epilogue --
Appendix I. A worked example --
Appendix 2. Mathematical treatment of decomposition --
Notes.

"These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design.

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