What Christopher Alexander thinks about agency

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Architect and design theorist (1936 to 2022); author of A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building.

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1 dated position, c. 1979, in their own words. Our reading of what Christopher Alexander has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1979

   Our readingThe process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves

   Their wordsIn the case of buildings and of towns, this process must be one which lets the people of a town shape rooms, and houses, streets, and churches, for themselves.

   ↗The Timeless Way of Building (Oxford University Press, 1979)books.google.com All 14 from this book