“The life of a public square forms naturally around its edge. If the edge fails, then the space never becomes lively.”
– Christopher Alexander (1977)
In his 1977 work, “A Pattern Language”, Alexander introduces a practical language for shaping the built environment. Within this language, known as patterns, he outlines solutions to recurring…
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