1. Introduction: The Need for Rationality Part One 2. Goodness of Fit 3. The Source of Good Fit 4. The Unselfconscious Process 5. The Selfconscious Process Part Two 6. The Program 7. The Realization of the Program 8. Definitions 9. Solution Epilogue Appendix 1. A Worked Example Appendix 2. Mathematical Treatment of Decomposition Notes
One of the most important contemporary books about the art of
design, what it is, and how to go about it.
*Industrial Design*
Christopher Alexander has outlined an ambitious proposal that could
revolutionize the approach to architectural design… His method
cannot help but become ‘a very powerful tool indeed’ for those who
would deal with projects of the complex present and the growing
complexity of the future.
*Progressive Architecture*
The success or failure of the designed environment will remain, as
always, a human responsibility… Alexander’s assertions are not only
challenging and stimulating but informative.
*American Institute of Architects Journal*
An important book for the urban designer and planner…stimulating
and certainly controversial… It may one day prove to be a landmark
in design methodology.
*Journal of the American Institute of Planners*
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