Turkish Carpets

Objects Alexander studies to find spiritual awareness conveyed through abstract color and form, informing his metaphysical design philosophy.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

thinker

claim

Links between molecular and cellular structures of nature and how the brain sees and understands them are foundational to design
supports
Alexander's assertion that understanding natural structures at multiple scales is essential to architecture and design philosophy.

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

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

Turkish prayer carpet nicheconcept0.782
Example of a design made of many local symmetries; even the hooks are composed of symmetrical parts.
Turkish Breakfastconcept0.722
Anatolian Carpet Border Ornamentconcept0.692
A 15th-century Turkish carpet border used to illustrate the field of centers and the necessity of accuracy.
carpet as source of lightconcept0.688
In the Carpet Gallery, the carpets themselves glow as centers of light, organizing the space.
Amazon Mechanical Turkinstitute0.673
Platform used for earlier human feedback data collection.
Glazed Tileconcept0.671
One of the primary material forms of frieze patterns observed at the Alhambra.
Each niche contains a carpet which intensifies the large centers in the Carpet Gallery.claim0.660
Design principle demonstrated by the gallery.
tilingsconcept0.655
Edge-to-edge coverings of a surface with no overlaps or gaps