artifact
active
artifact:the-nature-of-order-book-one-2002The Nature of Order, Book One (2002)
Book where Alexander defines wholeness, centers, and the fifteen fundamental properties; primary source for this paper.
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
Papers (1)
paper
Frameworks (2)
framework
- Fifteen Properties of Living StructureintroducesThe set of geometric properties that appear in all living structure: levels of scale, strong centers, boundaries, echoes, gradients, deep interlock and ambiguity, local symmetries, roughness, inner calm, not separateness, and others.
- Wholeness and CentersintroducesOverarching conceptual scheme from The Nature of Order where a whole makes its parts, which are called centers, and centers intensify each other.