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Aga Khan Samarkand Competition 1991

Competition for which Alexander developed a pattern language for the 1000m x 500m central city area of Samarkand

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Aga Khan Foundation
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Sponsor of the Samarkand competition in 1991 for which Alexander developed a pattern language

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The Samarkand pattern language list, merely from naming its centers in sequence, immediately creates a magical atmosphere defining the place without any physical design
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Demonstrated via the Samarkand poem-of-centers in section 11