Notes on the synthesis of form
Alexander, Christopher
Notes on the synthesis of form Christopher Alexander - Cambridge Harvard University Press 1964
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.
9780674627512 0674627512
Form (Aesthetics)
Synthesis.
City planning.
745.4 ALE
Notes on the synthesis of form Christopher Alexander - Cambridge Harvard University Press 1964
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.
9780674627512 0674627512
Form (Aesthetics)
Synthesis.
City planning.
745.4 ALE