I've finally got my hands on "A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander. I'm floored. It's written in an unusual format that is easy to pick up anywhere and skip around a lot. Very useful with small children around. For a taste see this website. It's a huge work encompassing everything from the way a house should flow to the way a city should flow and all aspects of play and work in between. There are distinct connections between the way things work on a micro (personal) level and how it can most often can be repeated on a larger scale. As with so much of my reading it's a great inspiration and at the same time makes me impatient and frustrated with the way things are generally done. Simple, intuitive things like orienting the prime rooms of a house to the south can have such a huge impact on mental and social spaces.
More to follow as I delve deeper into the book.
2 comments:
I fear that your journey may parallel the dwarves who delved too deep in Moria. That book could be a vortex that doesn't let go.
Ah, but Gandalf defeated the evil Balrog and returned.
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