Pattern Language represents a rearrangement of the political power in the design and building process.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• A pattern language is a work of poetry and art, potentially as profound in its way as a building can beclaim0.882
  Alexander's characterization of the deep nature of pattern languages in section 13
• Patterns enable rearrangement of political power in design and building processclaim0.877
  Kent Beck's interpretation of Alexander; technologists value Alexander for enabling horizontal, codified design processes that challenge traditional architectural hierarchy.
• The Pattern Language is a game that regulates the interaction between man and environment and its complexity lies in the interface of the generative rules coded in the patterns with the specific circumstances of its application.claim0.859
  Interpretation of Alexander’s later work as a rule-based game that requires contextual improvisation, though limited to pre-defined patterns.
• A Pattern Languageconcept0.827
  Alexander's earlier book (1977, Oxford University Press) containing 253 design patterns; extensively referenced throughout this chapter for functional examples of each of the fifteen properties
• The mere list of centers in a pattern language, just from their naming, already conveys a profound atmosphere and defines the life of the place to an enormous degreeclaim0.821
  Demonstrated via the Samarkand pattern language list which immediately evokes magical atmosphere
• A pattern language will work well only to the extent that it embraces a whole — comprising everything needed for a complete building of that type — so that its patterns work together as a coherent systemhypothesis0.820
  Condition for success of an artificial pattern language stated in section 3
• Though the pattern language was created by the architect from people's words, it is theirs — they recognize it as their own collective visionclaim0.811
  Describes the appropriate role of the architect as scribe, not author of the collective vision
• A Pattern Language patterns are not analogies but literal gradients of care over space—each already encodes care relationships.claim0.808