places for the soul

• a [[documentary]]
  • about [[christopher alexander]]
  • [[go]] https://vimeo.com/ondemand/placesforthesoul
  • "life can’t be produced from a drawing — it can only be produced through a process"
  • the [[tokyo school]] was designed with "full participation from teachers and students". the person who drove the project (high school principal) found him through [[the oregon experiment]].
  • [[homeless shelter]]
    • [[san jose]]
    • [[housing for independent people]]
    • small windows
    • [[trusses]] were a contentious point
      • very complex
      • introduced delays, which resulted in the shelter not being ready for winter
  • [[wholeness]] is the name of the quality here — is it the same as the [[nameless quality]] in [[the timeless way of building]]?
    • (some people aren’t driven by) "an all consuming desire to produce wholeness"
  • [[dead zones]]
    • "people over there look like they’re in [[alphaville]]"
    • "absolute intent to destroy emotion"
  • [[aside]]
    • I wonder if alexander liked the voiceover, it sounds a bit robotic to me
    • I would totally go on a walking tour with [[christopher alexander]]