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A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander
A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander





A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander

79 WHOLENESS AND THE THEORY OF CENTERS 4. BOOK ONE THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE PROLOGUE TO BOOKS I"4 THE ART OF BUILDING AND THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE I PREFACE 5 PART ONE 1. A444 72o'.i-dc2i 2°☂ 2002154265 isbn978-0-972 (cloth: alk.paper: v.4) Typographyby Katalin Bende and Richard Wilson Manufactured in ChinabyEverbest PrintingCo., Ltd.

A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander

Series: Center for Environmental Structure series v. (Centerfor Environmental StructureSeries v. The Nature ofOrder: An Essay on theArtofBuilding andtheNature of theUniverse/ Christopher Alexander, p.

A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander

isbn 978-0-972 (Book4) isbn 978-0-972 (Set) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Alexander, Christopher. Nopartofthispublication may bereproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form orbyany means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,without the prior permission of the Center for EnvironmentalStructure. Volume I THE TIMELESS WAY OF BUILDING Volume 2 A PATTERN LANGUAGE Volume J THE OREGON EXPERIMENT Volume 4 THE LINZ CAFE Volumes THE production of houses Volume 6 a new theory of urban design Volume-/ a foreshadowing of 2ist century art: THE COLOR AND GEOMETRY OF VERY EARLY TURKISH CARPETS Volume 8 THE MARY ROSE MUSEUM Volumes p to 12 THE NATURE OF ORDER: AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF BUILDING AND THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE Book I THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE Book 2 THE PROCESS OF CREATING LIFE Book J A VISION OF A LIVING WORLD Book 4 THE LUMINOUS GROUND Future volume now in preparation Volume ij battle: the story of a historic clash BETWEEN WORLD SYSTEM A AND WORLD SYSTEM B THE LUMINOUS GROUND Hand painted tile, black glaze, white slip THE NATURE OF ORDER An Essay on the Art ofBuilding and the Nature ofthe Universe BOOK ONE THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE BOOK TWO THE PROCESS OF CREATING LIFE BOOK T H R E E A VISION OF A LIVING WORLD BOOK FOUR THE LUMINOUS GROUND THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURE BERKELEY CALIFORNIA in association with PATTERNLANGUAGE.COM © 2004 CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER PREVIOUS VERSIONS © 1980, I983, I987, I993, I995, I996,1998, I999, 2000, 200I, 2002, 2003 CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER Published byThe Center for Environmental Structure 2701 Shasta Road, Berkeley, California 94708 CES is a trademark of the Center for Environmental Structure. GglP' ifv/ The four books of The Nature ofOrder constitute the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth in aseries of bookswhich describe an entirely new attitude to architecture and building.The books are in tended to provide acomplete working alternative to ourpresent ideas about architecture, building, andplanning - an alternative which will,wehope, gradually replace current ideas andpractices.







A Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. Alexander