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What must have been a side project for him, the book "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built", was hugely influential to me as an architecture st
by reneherse 8y ago
What must have been a side project for him, the book "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built", was hugely influential to me as an architecture student. His observations of built works continually adapting to the evolving needs of users have obvious parallels in the world of software, and helped form the basis of how I approach UX and product design.
- alexpetralia 8y agoThe mental model of "pace layers"[1] is a really insightful one. I've found it extremely useful to think about problems from a systems perspective - eg. what layer am I operating in and what layers may I encounter in the future? What might I expect from this layer (eg. dynamic, spontaneous vs. cautious, calculating), and how does that inform the decisions I should make? [1] https://alexpetralia.github.io/2018/02/19/NL-2018-02-19.html https://alexpetralia.github.io/2018/02/19/NL-2018-02-19.html
- steveeq1 8y agovideo documentary of the book with Stewart Brand hosting for anyone that's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqfg2sIH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqfg2sIH0 Saw the documentary and now reading the book, it's good.