All Christopher Alexander Quotes
- It is possible to make buildings by stringing together patterns, in a rather loose way. A building made like this, is an assembly of patterns.… Assembly
- When they have a choice, people will always gravitate to those rooms which have light on two sides, and leave the rooms which are lit… Always Gravitate
- There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work...that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that… Change
- Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality... Buildings were judged -… Became
- A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which… Accord
- We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and… Achieved
- But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the… Adapt
- This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but… Becomes