Christopher Alexander Quote

One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and leave a fabric of relationships behind, which is the stuff that actually repeats itself, and gives the structure to a building or a town.


Cited in: Peter Coad (1992, p. 152) About what happens when one finds a pattern? - The Timeless Way of Building (1979)


One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and...

One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and...

One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and...

One begins to think with that new building block, rather than with littler pieces. And finally, the things which seem like elements dissolve, and...