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    he fine three oak f thin series, slum 1, The Timeless Way of Building, lays the foun- tion ofthe series It presents new theory of architecture, ding, and planning which ha, atts core that age-old cess by which the people of society ave always pulled order oftheir world from their own being—it forms, ‘essence, the bass for @ new taditonal post-industrial chitecure, created bythe people. chume2, A Pattern Language, ea working document for chan architecture. Iti an archetypal language which lows any lay person or group of persons to design any rt of the environment for themelves. Itappies equally the design of houses, public buildings, neighborhoods, ret gardens individual window seas... olume 3, The Oregon Experimentsthe first ofthe series ; describe in full detail how this theory may be imple- ented It desrbes a new planing process forthe Uni rity of Oregon, where an entire community of 15,000 rsonsare, through the means described inthis book, now ing charge ofall future planning and design. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW YORK A Pattern Language ‘Towns ‘Buildings Construction Christopher Alexander Sara Ishikawa - Murray Silverstein with Max Jacobson - Ingrid Fiksdahl-King Shlomo Angel A Pastrn Langage he con in 3 ati of bok which Alcea enor new ate to arhetre aod ste ing. "The bok are intended to provide «compete woking sSeratve to aur poem ees achiccre uling, ‘nd planning-anaeratve wich wil, we hoe, gradualy plc caren Mean patch, tolume 1 2ie vost war OF BUILDING ume 2a PATTERN LANGUAGE ohone 3 HE OREGON ERRERDAERE Conter for Environmental Stractare A PATTERN LANGUAGE TOWNS + BUILDINGS + CONSTRUCTION Christopher Alexander Sara Ishikawa Murray Sileertein ith Max Justin Ingrid FsdohiKing Some Angel ‘OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1977 Volume 1, The Timeless Way of Bailing, and Volume 24 A Pattern Language, ar two bales of single work. This book provides 2 language, for building and pln. ning the other book provides the theory and instruc tions forthe use of the lnguage. This book describes the eailed patterns for towns and neighboreods house gardens, and rooms. The other book explins the di pline which makes it posible to we these paters to ‘ceatea building orton. This bok the sourcebook of the timeless ways the ceher i its practice and ts oigin. The two books have evolved very much in parallel, ‘They have ben growing over the lst eight years a6 ve have worked on the one hand to undertand the nature ofthe bling proces, and on the other hand to Constrct xa acta, pose pattern language. We have been forced by practical considerations o publish these two books under separate covers but in fact they form an indvable whole. Its possible to read them sepa ‘ately. But co gain the insight which we have tried to ommonicat in them, ts esental that you read them both The Timeless Wey of Building desis the funda: ‘mental nature ofthe tsk af making towns and buildings. Tes shown there, that towns and buildings will not be able to become alive, ales they are made by all the people in octy, and ules hese people share a com: mon pattern language, within which to make thew Inilings, and unl this common pattern language is alive nel. inthis book, we present one pole pattern language, ofthe kind elled fr in The Tile Wey. This lame guage is extremely pra. It is language that we fave distilled from cur own building and planning ef forts over the las eight years. You an use it to wor with your neighbors improve your towa and neighbor: hood. You cin ue it to design « howe for younelf, with your familys o to werk with other people to de sign an ofce or workshop or 3 publi building like 2 school: And you can we itt guide you in the acl pres of construcica, The elements ofthis language are entities called pat- terms. Fach pattern desribes a problem which ocurs over and over agua in our evionment, and then describes the cre of the slain to that problem in sch amy that you an we this solution a milion times over, without ever doing ithe same way twice Fr convenienr and cary ach ptern has the ame format. First there isa pictur, which shows an arche- ‘ppal example of that pattern. Second, ater the picture, ‘ich pattern has an introductory paragraph, which acts ‘he content fr the pattern, by explaining how it helps to camplete certain anger patter: Then there are three siamonds to mark the beginning ofthe prolem. After the diamonds there is + headline, ia buldtype- This Inadline gives the esence ofthe problem in ane of two ‘ans Ace he bene conse bo oP ae Ti se gr ee a" he pater, the evidence fore HanTatar A bling. and v0 on Tens aia fa Bald pe, Tee being sore ha “Fie putem=wich dese te ldo pope od SEoinanp thee epee eet Polen the ited cone Thr wlan salva. ‘ated in the form of an instruction—ao that you know cot wnt you need to dob pater Then Ser the elton teres 2 agra, nich hows te talon the oem of: aga l wnne $s main component Afr the Gagramy anther the mond, t show thatthe nbd fhe ates nse Ad aly, afer he damonds there a prgragh which es the pater to all thw nee ptrm i te langage, which re edd fo complete hs ptr, to ml istotllicew. ‘There a to enna prpns end thi format Fino psn ck pte cored weep, so hat you gop the lleon af al 253 perm tr rol ar ngage, iia whch you cance an i nite vanity of ciate, Sed, to promt te rele sd soon of exh paren ot wy ht You cn judge for youl, and mily waht long te ecw hat cn it Lt w nest udertand the nature of the exeecion betwen pera ‘The patterns are onered, beginning with the very Tale an ek Tog TS ae ae es a a ily wih deals oF co Tis cider, which is presented at stnght linear sequences estentl tothe way the language works. Tec presented, and explained more fll, nthe nes ection. ‘What i most important about chi sequencs i thai is teed on the comecions between the patterns Each tern js connected to certain “larger” puters Which Secale ae ae SS TE jens which one lew tia We hgage The fem helps © complete thx Tager patra wich are “sbove” it, and is itself completed by thowe mall pat- tern which are “below” it, ‘Thas, fr example, yo wil id thatthe pattern ac- cess cans (60), comected fit to cetan larger yatters: SUscULTURE nOUNDARY (13), 1DENTIARLE NelonnoRNoGD (14), work cowaunry (4), and unr maces (59). These appear on its Sn page. And it is also connected to certinamaller patterns: rostrive ‘er9008 space (107), TARE Place (174), and canon wats (173). These appear oni at page. ‘What ths means is thi wewritanta MECnoR- NooD, SUREULTURE HoUNDARY, WORK COMMIT and ‘Gore aacxs ae incomplete, unl they contain ah ‘sin. cuFEN; and that an AccesNL® coi elf incomplete, unles it contains nonrivE OUTDOOR SAC, ‘make rtacts, anda canon Watt. ‘And what it mean in prc terms i tha, i you ett you gen coring t thi per, you ‘Rote ony flow se imtracesic eare te Fer sl ema sw ty to embed he pes Sitinan nerrwuns wnewsanee ora was Churons actu and in tay ta hp ofr ‘bir ates and cn you mat Wat to ope he fre by being in some rove oro ice, Sim ica, end sewoes wa 1s shar opt ated ett. Ech pater Saati eo ge ar ‘Sembedded, che pater ofthe we se tat and the smaller pater which are em iva fandamental view of the word. I sty that when you build thing you enact merely build that thing in islon, bt mi also epithe world around ity and within it so eat ehe larger world at that ene Place becomes more cohereat, and more whole ad the ‘hing which you make take ts place in the web of rae trey at you rake [Now we explain the nature of the relation betmeen problems and solutions, within the individual patterns, Each solution is state in such + wey that gives the ‘essential ld of relationships aceded to salve the prob- Jem, but ina very general and abstract way—to tha you can tole the problem for youre in your own way, by audaptng i to your preferences and the local conditions tthe pce where yu are making For this reason, we have trad 9 write cach solution ina may which imposes nothing om you. It cntains oy the esentls which cannot be avoided if you really se fave led 4A Pate Language wth the em Pha the wed A" ad hom we ages pt tem lngge might te sled to he eames Wot ‘Sofie anguges hoe at pele wl make fortes he fare he Tima Way Bing ys tt every ety stich ical sod whale wil hve wo om ener a Ent patra mngege; and fry ta ey