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082 _a745.4 ALE
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100 _aAlexander, Christopher
245 _aNotes on the synthesis of form
_cChristopher Alexander
260 _aCambridge
_bHarvard University Press
_c1964
505 _aThe 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.
520 _a"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.
650 _a Form (Aesthetics)
650 _aSynthesis.
650 _aCity planning.
843 _aPhotocopy
887 _2CamTech Library
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