#pull [[a pattern language]]
A [[A Pattern Language]] and [[The Timeless Way of Building]] evolved in parallel and consistute two halves of a whole.
"The elements of this language are entities called patterns. Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice."
"For convenience and clarity, each pattern has the same format."
"There are two essential purposes behind this format.
The patterns are ordered, in descending order in terms of scale (thus one can nest the patterns)
The relation between problems and solutions with individual patterns
Why they wrote the book(s)
"A pattern language has the structure of a network."
"However, when we use the network of a language, we always use it as a sequence, going through the patterns, moving always from the larger patterns to the smaller, always from the ones which create structures, to the ones which then embellish those structures, and then to those which embellish the embellishments"
"Towns" patterns; large scale, collective patterns
"Buildings" patterns; inividual or small group scale
"Construction" patterns
"any small sequence of patterns from this language is itself a language for a smaller part of the environment"
Concrete example of building a porch
"Rough procedure by which you can choose a language for your own project, first by taking patters from this language we have printed here, and then by adding patterns of your own."
3 different instructions for 3 different scales of patterns
"The patterns in this last section present a physical atti-tude to construction that works together with the kinds of buildings which the second part of the pattern language generates. These construction patterns are intended for builders-whether professional builders, or amateur owner-builders."
"Each pattern states a principle about structure and materials. These principles can be implemented in any number of ways when it comes time for actual building. We have tried to state various ways in which the principles can be built. But, partly because these patterns are the least developed, and partly because of the nature of building patterns, the reader will very likely have much to add to these patterns. For example, the actual materials used to implement them will vary greatly from region to region …"
"Perhaps the main thing to bear in mind, as you look over this material, is this: Our intention in this section has been to provide an alternative to the technocratic and rigid ways of building that have become the legacy of the machine age and modern architecture."
"The way of building described here leads to buildings that are unique and tailored to their sites. It depends on builders taking responsibility for their work; and work-ing out the details of the building as they go-mocking up entrances and windows and the dimensions of spaces, making experiments, and building directly according to the results."
"the patterns themselves in this section are both more concrete, and more abstract, than any other patterns in the language."
"They are more concrete because, with each pattern, we have always given at least one interpretation which can be built directly. For instance, with the pattern ROOT FOUNDATION, we have given one particular interpreta-tion, to show that it can be done, and also to give the reader an immediate, and practical, buildable approach to construction."
"Yet at the same time, they are also more abstract. The particular concrete formulation which we have given for each pattern, can also be interpreted, and remade in a thousand ways. Thus, it is also possible to take the gen-eral idea of the pattern, the idea that the foundation functions like a tree root, in the way that it anchors the building in the ground-and invent a dozen entirely dif-ferent physical systems, which all work in this funda-mental way. In this sense, these patterns are more ab-stract than any others in the book, since they have a wider range of possible interpretations."
Webpage: https://www.patternlanguage.com/
more resources on the books etc listed here: http://www.patterntheory.org/wiki.cgi?Christopher_Alexander
Article: Type and pattern in the design of collective housing
Article Structuralism and a Pattern Language for Online Environments
Slide deck Pattern Language 3.0 and Fundamental Behavioral Properties
Article Pattern languages as a tool for group alignment
Article Permaculture Patterning, a design framework for systemic transformation
A whole bunch of references (and go find more there)
Webpage with many languages
Article/Page: A pattern language for natural homes
Article: The practice of the pattern language to resolve information distortion
Webpage: Informal pattern languages #architecture
a card set by [[Helmut Leitner]]
https://www.academia.edu/23692626/A_Birds_Eye_View_on_Pattern_Research
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