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Read "A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander. http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199 http://www.amazon

by rmah 15y ago

Read "A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander. http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199 http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Constructio...

enf 15y ago
And also Carfree Cities by J.H. Crawford, which advocates a form of linked neighborhoods similar to what is described here. http://www.carfree.com/book/ http://www.carfree.com/book/
nikhilalmeida 15y ago
Thanks for this. I have just drawn what I felt from a traffic congestion avoidance perspective. I should give it a thought from an environmental perspective also and try to re-iterate on the design. Thanks for the feedback.
kylemathews 15y ago
And "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed" - http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Like-State-Institution-University/dp/0300078153 http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Like-State-Institution-Universi...
- nooneelse 15y ago
  Does it mention Disney's grand vision for Epcot? Addendum: I realized on the way home that this comment was rather too content-free for HN. So... More specifically, I was curious if the book you mention has some narrative or historical details on why the grand Epcot vision fell apart/was stymied.
- paganel 15y ago
  Great book! That's actually the book that got me interested in the recent history of my city, which suffered major changes (most say for the worst) that seem to have been taken up from the book's chapters on mdoernist urban development. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceau%C5%9Fima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceau%C5%9Fima)
scarmig 15y ago
Interestingly, "A Pattern Language" directly inspired the GoF book. It has similar flaws, as well. It should be considered descriptive, not prescriptive--and Christopher Alexander is not nearly as careful around that distinction as the GoF.
Turing_Machine 15y ago
For a short and directly on-point piece by Alexander, see: http://www.patternlanguage.com/archives/alexander1.htm http://www.patternlanguage.com/archives/alexander1.htm For some commentary on that piece, see: http://contraterrene.com/wiki/index.php/Commentary_on_%22A_City_is_Not_a_Tree%22_by_Christopher_Alexander http://contraterrene.com/wiki/index.php/Commentary_on_%22A_C... tl,dr: designing cities as hierarchical trees, while perhaps efficient in the sense of transportation links, is a bad idea from the standpoint of making a cohesive city.

by rmah 15y ago

enf 15y ago

And also Carfree Cities by J.H. Crawford, which advocates a form of linked neighborhoods similar to what is described here. http://www.carfree.com/book/ http://www.carfree.com/book/

nikhilalmeida 15y ago

Thanks for this. I have just drawn what I felt from a traffic congestion avoidance perspective. I should give it a thought from an environmental perspective also and try to re-iterate on the design. Thanks for the feedback.

kylemathews 15y ago

And "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed" - http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Like-State-Institution-University/dp/0300078153 http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Like-State-Institution-Universi...

nooneelse 15y ago
Does it mention Disney's grand vision for Epcot? Addendum: I realized on the way home that this comment was rather too content-free for HN. So... More specifically, I was curious if the book you mention has some narrative or historical details on why the grand Epcot vision fell apart/was stymied.
paganel 15y ago
Great book! That's actually the book that got me interested in the recent history of my city, which suffered major changes (most say for the worst) that seem to have been taken up from the book's chapters on mdoernist urban development. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceau%C5%9Fima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceau%C5%9Fima)

scarmig 15y ago

Interestingly, "A Pattern Language" directly inspired the GoF book. It has similar flaws, as well. It should be considered descriptive, not prescriptive--and Christopher Alexander is not nearly as careful around that distinction as the GoF.

Turing_Machine 15y ago

For a short and directly on-point piece by Alexander, see: http://www.patternlanguage.com/archives/alexander1.htm http://www.patternlanguage.com/archives/alexander1.htm For some commentary on that piece, see: http://contraterrene.com/wiki/index.php/Commentary_on_%22A_City_is_Not_a_Tree%22_by_Christopher_Alexander http://contraterrene.com/wiki/index.php/Commentary_on_%22A_C... tl,dr: designing cities as hierarchical trees, while perhaps efficient in the sense of transportation links, is a bad idea from the standpoint of making a cohesive city.