{"product_id":"nature-of-order-book-one-the-phenomenon-of-life","title":"Nature of Order, Book One: the Phenomenon of Life","description":"Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including \u003ci\u003eA Pattern Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Timeless Way of Building\u003c\/i\u003e have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Order\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexander explores the properties of life itself, highlighting a set of well-defined structures present in all order and in all life from micro-organisms and mountain ranges to good houses and vibrant communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenon of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume in this four volume masterwork, Alexander proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, we can ask precise questions about what must be done to create more life in our world whether in a rooma humble doorknoba neighbourhoodor even in a vast region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe introduces the concept of living structure, basing it upon his theories of centres and of wholeness, and defines the fifteen properties from which, according to his observations, all wholeness is built. Alexander argues that living structure is at once both personal and structural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken as a whole, the four books create a sweeping new conception of the nature of things which is both objective and structural (hence part of science) and also personal (in that it shows how and why things have the power to touch the human heart). A step has been taken, through which these two domains the domain of geometrical structure and the feeling it creates kept separate during four centuries of scientific though from 1600 to 2000, have finally been united.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Order\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes the backbone of \u003ci\u003eBuilding Beauty: Ecologic Design Construction Process\u003c\/i\u003e, an initiative aimed at radically reforming architecture education, with the emphasis of making as a way to access a transformative vision of the world. The 15 fundamental properties of life guide our work and have given us much more than a set of solutions. \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Order\u003c\/i\u003e has given us the framework in which we can search and build up our own solutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order to be authentically sustainable, buildings and places have to be cared for and loved over generations. Beautiful buildings and places are more likely to be loved, and they become more beautiful, and loved, through the attention given to them over time. Beauty is therefore, not a luxury, or an option, it includes and transcends technological innovation, and is a necessary requirement for a truly sustainable culture.","brand":"Center for Environmental Structure","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57272900092248,"sku":"9780972652919","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780972652919.jpg?v=1778574672","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/nature-of-order-book-one-the-phenomenon-of-life","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}