If the population of a region is weighted too far toward small villages, modern civilization can never emerge; but if the population is weighted too far toward big cities, the earth will go to ruin because the population isn't where it needs to be, to take care of it.
#177 - In a healthy town every family can grow vegetables for itself. The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiast; it is a fundamental part of human life.
#119 Arcades - covered walkways at the edge of buildings, which are partly inside, partly outside - play a vital role in the way that people interact with buildings.
#110 - Main Entrance - Placing the main entrance (or main entrances) is perhaps the single most important step you take during the eveolution of a building plan.
i'm pretty sure the earth doesn't really need anyone to take care it. a pattern language reads like a mushroom trip while dragon natural speaking runs in the background.
yourWeekly random -A Pattern Language: #1
I. Independent Regions
Metropolitan regions will not come to balance until each one is small and autonomous enough to be an indepedent sphere of culture.
(from A Pattern Language - Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel)
christopher alexander likes to think so clearly it frustrates me
2. The Distribution of Towns
If the population of a region is weighted too far toward small villages, modern civilization can never emerge; but if the population is weighted too far toward big cities, the earth will go to ruin because the population isn't where it needs to be, to take care of it.
young grasshopper...
old people everywhere
community cock ring
for cock fighting, of course
speaking of patterns, Im gonna get me some of these pants with lobsters on them...pretty fly for a white guy!!!
Seersucker in seattle?!
That's ballsy!
#177 - In a healthy town every family can grow vegetables for itself. The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiast; it is a fundamental part of human life.
In every great city, the city is more important than the building.
#119 Arcades - covered walkways at the edge of buildings, which are partly inside, partly outside - play a vital role in the way that people interact with buildings.
#110 - Main Entrance - Placing the main entrance (or main entrances) is perhaps the single most important step you take during the eveolution of a building plan.
can I get Andrewbb's input on this stuff?
read this: http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Healthier/dp/159420277X
it argues against #2 oh so well.
i'm pretty sure the earth doesn't really need anyone to take care it. a pattern language reads like a mushroom trip while dragon natural speaking runs in the background.
Working with some students of Alexander to foment active discussion of patterns - proposing a stack exchange site as a first step:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/37578/place-patterns?referrer=AiIOs5cBVBqWm0SjsRBE2g2
(For those of you less inclined toward pattern, there's a vanilla Architecture proposal there as well. http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/30108/building-architecture?referrer=Q1GHgIpiwFgVva7N7UbKDA2 )
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