Category: Design Patterns

This is a summary of the 177th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. In a healthy town every family can grow vegetables for itself. The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiasts; it is a fundamental part of human life.

This is a summary of the 176th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Somewhere in every garden, there must be at least one spot, a quiet garden seat, in which a person—or two people—can reach into themselves and be in touch with nothing else but nature.

This is a summary of the 168th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. A house feels isolated from the nature around it, unless it’s floors are interleaved directly with the earth that is around the house.

This is a summary of the 163rd pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. A garden is the place for lying in the grass, swinging, croquet, growing flowers, throwing a ball for the dog. But there is another way of being outdoors: and its needs are not met by…

This is a summary of the 139th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. The isolated kitchen, separate from the family and considered as an efficient but unpleasant factory for food is a hangover from the days of servants; and from the more recent days when women willingly took…

This is a summary of the 138th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. This is one of the patterns people most often disagree with.

This is a summary of the 134th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. The archetypal zen view occurs in a famous Japanese house, which gives this pattern its name.

This is a summary of the 130th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Arriving in a building, or leaving it, you need a room to pass through, both inside the building and outside it. This is the entrance room.

This is a summary of the 127th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Unless the spaces in a building are arranged in a sequence which corresponds to their degrees of privateness, the visits made by strangers, friends, guests, clients, family, will always be a little awkward.

This is a summary of the 117th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. The roof plays a primal role in our lives. The most primitive buildings are nothing but a roof. If the roof is hidden, if its presence cannot be felt around the building, or if it…