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A Pattern Language

Also known as A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

A work by Christopher Alexander, first published in 1977

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive, A design pattern describes a recurring problem and the core of its solution, usable a million times without repeating itself, Metropolitan regions will not come to balance until each is small and autonomous enough to be an independent sphere of culture …

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    Christopher Alexander

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Key facts

First published
19772
Edition korrents quotes
Oxford University Press, 1977; with 5 co-authors3
Claims on korrents
91

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive (opens korrents.com)1

  2. A design pattern describes a recurring problem and the core of its solution, usable a million times without repeating itself (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Metropolitan regions will not come to balance until each is small and autonomous enough to be an independent sphere of culture (opens korrents.com)1

  4. No design pattern is an isolated entity (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Individuals have no effective voice in a community of more than 5,000 to 10,000 people (opens korrents.com)1

  6. There is abundant evidence that high buildings make people crazy (opens korrents.com)1

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Sources

  1. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Oxford University Press, 1977; with 5 co-authors) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, Q3602960 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Oxford University Press, 1977; with 5 co-authors) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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