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concept:design-methods-movementDesign Methods Movement
1960s-70s scholarly movement Alexander initially championed then rejected; attempted to systematize design process through methods; Alexander later opposed separation of study from practice.
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- Steenson's paraphrased quote capturing Alexander's vehement rejection of the Design Methods Movement.
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- A Pattern LanguagecontradictsextendsAlexander'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
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- Historical design movement that influenced Alexander's work but which he has advanced and extended with systematic methodology.
- The idea that the life of a building comes from the process of its creation, not from a preconceived design on paper.
- Optimization technique that computes weight changes by following the gradient of an error function; contrasted with evolutionary stochastic search.
- Gang of Four patterns book referenced for the Memento pattern used in view creation.
- Human-centered, iterative design approach.
- The 20th-century architectural movement that prioritized originality and broke with tradition, often structure-destroying.
- 1960–1980 psychological movement cited for the wisdom that health depends on accurate awareness of one's own inner feeling
- A trend toward using plentiful, cheap, and naturally available materials; Alexander acknowledges its positive aspects but critiques its archaic tendencies.