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Christopher Alexander Lecture 1995 London
At the former Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture in London, UK -- on May 24, 1995 -- the late Christopher Alexander describes his deeply adaptive process, using a contemporary example: a community of homes in Austin, Texas. He presents a large set of slides he'd just taken, mid-project, and explains the approach, trials, resolutions, and principles. There is a question-and-answer session with architects and architecture students. For people who have read his books, this provides a vivid picture of what he was trying to do, on a genuine site, and how he worked on problems in real situations.
Produced, edited, filmed by Greg Bryant.
With Danielle Janes Gordon and the late David Heine.
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The project discussed is here:
www.patternlanguage.com/projects/texas.html
www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/texas.htm
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  • @brentleblanc1113
    @brentleblanc1113 24 дні тому

    Is able to elucidate what people think is “beautiful” by asking what they think is “true”. Aristotle’s transcendentals really are reflections of one fundamental reality. Beauty/Truth/Goodness, linearly related… but in architecture… …So cool

  • @ruchay
    @ruchay 2 місяці тому

    Wow! This is priceless. If you need one more video editor, please, let me know.

  • @Carmel明慧
    @Carmel明慧 2 місяці тому

    "The One" lol 😊

  • @craignunnallypurcell
    @craignunnallypurcell 4 місяці тому

    Honest understanding?

  • @TheBloxDev
    @TheBloxDev 5 місяців тому

    Love listening to him talk. His books are amazing. RIP

  • @treflatface
    @treflatface 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for creating and sharing this!

  • @AdamChmurzynski-rk9lw
    @AdamChmurzynski-rk9lw 9 місяців тому

    Where can the full interview be found?

    • @urbanology
      @urbanology 8 місяців тому

      The original tape had many technical problems, so I won't upload the whole thing. The one long section left involves a particular housing project at the University of Oregon. I'm making a video that will incorporate that material.

    • @urbanology
      @urbanology 8 місяців тому

      There is another snippet from this interview here: ua-cam.com/video/ZDUlG6E3Lpw/v-deo.html

    • @AdamChmurzynski-rk9lw
      @AdamChmurzynski-rk9lw 8 місяців тому

      Just wanted to say that I'm making my way through the Nature of Order (on Book 2), I feel very touched by this work and this family of ideas, I think what you're doing is very important.

  • @DrosIntentions
    @DrosIntentions 10 місяців тому

    🤔

  • @MIGrecordz
    @MIGrecordz Рік тому

    Hello Greg! Do you happen to know anything about the books Christopher Alexander was working on before he sadly passed away? I've heard something about that, but very very little, that he was working on some unpublished books that go way beyond the initial ideas he established in the 4 volumes of Nature of Order. Thanks!

    • @urbanology
      @urbanology Рік тому

      There are many other drafts, papers, explorations, and projects ... but 'Battle' (2012) was his last focused statement. He poured everything into it. Highly recommended. Other material and research will slowly emerge from The Archive Project, and other outlets like this one and www.buildingbeauty.org/ , www.patternlanguage.com/ , and beautiful.software/ ...

  • @raghavendras4097
    @raghavendras4097 Рік тому

    Thank you for interviewing him and publishing this video

  • @filiscode
    @filiscode Рік тому

    Amazing work done on this channel. Thank you

  • @kateshoemakerqigong
    @kateshoemakerqigong Рік тому

    “Which picture best represents your true self?”

    • @brentleblanc1113
      @brentleblanc1113 24 дні тому

      Truth and beauty, inseparable. Plato’s the Form of Good

  • @TheUltimateGeminiHasSurvived

    RIP GOAT

  • @elelaluz4921
    @elelaluz4921 Рік тому

    This is a gem

  • @nakedflames
    @nakedflames 2 роки тому

    I feel as if I'm hopelessly in love with this video

  • @lizvalente5817
    @lizvalente5817 2 роки тому

    Thank you! Thank you!

  • @paolaveronicadellaira4213
    @paolaveronicadellaira4213 2 роки тому

    please can I know who is the interviewer? Is this a lesson or what ? It seems a a countdown. And he seem very young. what date?

    • @urbanology
      @urbanology 2 роки тому

      The year is 1995, when David Heine and Greg Bryant were collaborating on a documentary about Christopher Alexander. Some of the original tapes were lost, and only copies with 'time codes' remain, like this one. This is Alexander responding to David Heine, who asked about the origin of the material in 'The Nature of Order'.

  • @mjantunezl
    @mjantunezl 2 роки тому

    First, I really appreciate the work you have been doing sharing this knowledge... I have been wondering, if there is a repository of unfolding sequences for the construction of different things, like the unfolding sequence for a Japanese Tea Ceremony Building described in the Nature of Order (I felt that was a particularly powerful example).

    • @urbanology
      @urbanology 2 роки тому

      I'm still working on putting a wide range of unfolding sequences into a genuinely useful and sensitive online experience. About 20 years ago we gave it a few tries, and started to publish experiments, some finished, some not, on various sites. Quite a few of the gadgets don't work any longer, but there's still very good sequence material here: www.patternlanguage.com/sequences/sequences.html www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/generative.htm

  • @tedchu8888
    @tedchu8888 3 роки тому

    People can see but unaware what they see ...

  • @mauropainter
    @mauropainter 3 роки тому

    Get a feel for what seemed to be the right thing to do here Only thing one was aware of Bricks Size is phenomenally I wasn’t interested because it was traditional Those bricks had feeling and other bricks don’t It’s meant to look pretty but it doesn’t because it’s all wrong It had disappeared why you would bother to do it It doesn’t have any thing to do with anything historical If you’re going to build a wall out of this stuff that’s what you do to make sense out of it The bricks need to be a more pure color When you try to do things the right way A way that has actual feeling in it I suppose you end up in a place That either is traditional or has the real character of tradition

    • @mauropainter
      @mauropainter 3 роки тому

      What this is is perfectly harmonious with the sheep and the trees and the grass

  • @mukeirabluetemple6950
    @mukeirabluetemple6950 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for uploading this. Incredible

  • @AnnMedlock
    @AnnMedlock 3 роки тому

    Delighted to find this. I spent five years working with Chris to build a house in the 80s, before he did the Sussex project. It was a treat to listen to his thoughts again, in this video.

    • @mmendi1114
      @mmendi1114 Рік тому

      I'm in awe that you got to work alongside such an individual and the experience and memories gained....

  • @niliportugali2225
    @niliportugali2225 3 роки тому

    soooooooooo correct of what Chris is pointing out.

  • @olgavolchkova8209
    @olgavolchkova8209 3 роки тому

    Thank you Urbanology! More videos please!

  • @alexandernazarenko4747
    @alexandernazarenko4747 3 роки тому

    Amazing! Thank you!

  • @krisang_co
    @krisang_co 3 роки тому

    Such a profound thinker. Even today, very few understand the depth and the impact of pattern language could have on architecture.

  • @generativeresearch
    @generativeresearch 3 роки тому

    What a brilliant man

  • @mariahelenapereira5021
    @mariahelenapereira5021 3 роки тому

    Olá tem um perfil falso usando teu nome dizendo q vc e um soldado americano para enganar as pessoas .ok

  • @georgecharalambous2349
    @georgecharalambous2349 3 роки тому

    Thank you for uploading. It would be great if the background noise is removed 😊 let me know if you need help with it

    • @william_02
      @william_02 2 роки тому

      I like it. It’s nostalgic

  • @thomaswidera522
    @thomaswidera522 3 роки тому

    He should have done it. He was the one who would have done it the best

  • @Mohsenyazdani
    @Mohsenyazdani 3 роки тому

    Such a great and thoughtful man.

    • @orglancs
      @orglancs 3 роки тому

      Yes, it's tragic that his work is so little known, especially in the UK. Hardly anyone has ever heard of him here. One of his other books, The Timeless Way of Building is truly inspiring and goes much further than just 'pattern language'.

  • @MichaelHrostoskiCreates
    @MichaelHrostoskiCreates 3 роки тому

    This is exactly what I was looking for. The intersection of beauty and software. I just came across Christopher Alexander's work through a search for "pattern recognition." Thank you Greg.

  • @urbanology
    @urbanology 7 років тому

    Here's a natural science perspective on investigating the objectivity of perceiving 'life': www.rainmagazine.com/archive/2015/living-structure-and-cognition

  • @urbanology
    @urbanology 7 років тому

    The notions of 'objective' and 'subjective' are heavily discussed in the natural sciences. People are often surprised to learn that these are not technical terms, but rather considerations to be grappled with. Originally, an object is something seen, and a subject is someone seeing. But isn't a feeling or thought something real, that we can study objectively? Don't our subjective biases interfere with experimentation and observation? If I observe my own experience, is that subjective or objective? If someone reports their experience to me, isn't their report subjective, but the report's existence is objective, and my interpretation of it is subjective? Clearly we need to agree upon criteria for making progress in any complex scientific endeavor of this sort. Is it an objective or a subjective experience when I look into a light and have an afterimage on my retina? No one else can see the afterimage on my retina, but we assume that the experience exists, that it has a cause, that we can build enlightening theories about the experience and test them, and further investigate them. The study of all psychological phenomena must consider these issues if they are to make any progress, and many of the natural sciences need to constantly consider the influence of the observer on the observed. So Alexander is assuming that when someone says that something has 'life', or 'feeling', we can first assume that their experience is definitely real. Secondly, the stimuli that result in those experiences are definitely real. So the system that we're studying is the 'impression'. The structure of the stimuli, and the structure of the innate and developmental faculties in the brain that are responding, are then subjects of research. He found that, under particular conditions, the use of these descriptors in particular impressions is consistent with high correlation. This opens more questions, of course. This is a complex topic.

    • @carlemory6188
      @carlemory6188 3 роки тому

      I know Im randomly asking but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I would love any tips you can give me!

    • @santiagoluca8183
      @santiagoluca8183 3 роки тому

      @Carl Emory instablaster =)

    • @carlemory6188
      @carlemory6188 3 роки тому

      @Santiago Luca I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

    • @carlemory6188
      @carlemory6188 3 роки тому

      @Santiago Luca it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thanks so much, you saved my account !

    • @santiagoluca8183
      @santiagoluca8183 3 роки тому

      @Carl Emory Happy to help xD

  • @donokeefe3960
    @donokeefe3960 7 років тому

    "It was very objectively visible" that is was not harmonious? No, it wasn't. You cannot prove it, therefore it is not objective. Try this one: "Everyone at the community meeting agreed that Picasso was a bad artist. They said that he was bad because paintings should be realistic. That wasn't a good reason, but they were still right, but it was "very objectively visible" that he was bad." The reason people try to come up with bogus reasons which sound objective is because our society increasingly recognizes the value of empiricism. Christopher Alexander is a philistine.

    • @Tidnull
      @Tidnull 7 років тому

      When Alexander refers to qualities of harmony, order, and wholeness in buildings and man made things, I think he means that the objectivity is derived through consensus of human opinion. On the contrary, empiricism is based on experimental verification, correct?

    • @evanhadkins5532
      @evanhadkins5532 6 років тому

      If something is observed, it is observed by a subject. Subjective and objective are analytical.

    • @seanankerr2864
      @seanankerr2864 5 років тому

      "the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you f***ing moron""

    • @carrottoponcrak
      @carrottoponcrak 5 років тому

      Don O'Keefe. haha, you obviously didn't read his books

    • @myotherusername9224
      @myotherusername9224 Рік тому

      @donokeefe3960 what is your definition of 'philistine' and how does that fit CA ?