Tag: Christopher Alexander

This is a summary of the 114th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Outdoors, people always try to find a spot where they can have their backs protected, looking out toward some larger opening, beyond the space immediately in front of them.

This is a summary of the 113th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. The process of arriving in a house, and leaving it, is fundamental to our daily lives; and very often it involves a car. But the place where car connects to houses, far from being important…

This is a summary of the 112th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Buildings, and especially houses, with a graceful transition between the streets and the inside, are more tranquil than those which open directly off the street.

This is a summary of the 110th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Placing the main entrance is perhaps the single most important step you take during the evolution of a building.

This is a summary of the 106th pattern from the “A Patter Language” book by Christopher Alexander and his team. Outdoor spaces which are merely “left over” between buildings will, in general, not be used.