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Christopher Alexander's work isn't based on empirical studies, though, is it? Never seen any. It's just his, uh, inspired opinion.
by theoh 8y ago
Christopher Alexander's work isn't based on empirical studies, though, is it? Never seen any. It's just his, uh, inspired opinion.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoIn large part yes, you are right, his writing was more qualitative and sociological, sometimes philosophy. But seeing your comment made me start trying to dig up a 1987 paper from Alexander titled, "Toward a Personal Workplace," and I am actually amazed and unsettled by how hard it is to find anything online. That article surveys more empirical properties of office interiors. But yes, I would look to the studies cited in the Peopleware chapter called, "Bring Back the Door" for the empirical extensions of what Alexander had inspired. Here's the best link I could find on that thread of Alexander's work: < http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/Chris.furniture.html http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/Chris.furniture.html >
- deerpig 8y agoYou aren't kidding about it being hard to find anything about that paper. I tried finding it a couple of years ago and just spent an hour now and had no luck. Thanks for the link I hadn't seen that before...