Christopher Alexander Quote

In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it.


A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (ed. Oxford University Press, 1977) - ISBN: 9780199726530


In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger...

In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger...

In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger...

In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger...