Understanding Christopher Alexander, with Brent Ryan

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Christopher Alexander, one of the most influential thinkers in urban planning and design in the 20th century, died in his home in England in March of this year at the age of 85. A professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley for many years, he is most well know for his seminal book, A Pattern Language, which seeks to understand the built environment as a lattice-work of patterns that we assemble. He is also known for his influence in New Urbanism, and field of urban planning that seeks to return development to a walkable, human scale. unPlanned sits down with Brent Ryan, professor of urban design and public policy at MIT, to understand this very interesting man and what he has meant to the profession of urban planning and design.

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@ingerhayman458 Жыл бұрын

Christofer Alexanders thoughts on architecture are so overwhelming and at the same time so easy to understand if you make the effort . Thankyou for this video that I’m watching from Sweden, aug 2022 , where beauty is drowned in concrete and glass, all architects imitatating each other.

@unPlanned_podcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that comment. Yes, Alexander is beguiling. So simple and yet so deep. Brent did a wonderful job of helping us understand him better.

@wisdomgametv4594 Жыл бұрын

May 4-23 i'm about two thirds through A Timeless Way of Building and now my house and yard are starting to unify and come alive. The meaning of life is to be surrounded by Nature and to understand emergence in Spirit through being in beauty.

@unPlanned_podcast Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's a very nice way of putting it. Well said.

@danastolzgen3185 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for this interview. I hope very much that designers, architects and planners will one day actually work with Christopher Alexanders ideas. It would make the world more beautiful.

@unPlanned_podcast 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, Alexander is beguiling and compelling at the same time.

@johncrwarner Жыл бұрын

I came here via searching for "Christopher Alexander" following reference to him in a software book and it was illuminating - thank you.

@unPlanned_podcast Жыл бұрын

John, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you found the video and I'm glad you found it illuminating. He was a fascinating guy from many different angles.

@Mohsenyazdani Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome conversation and for talking about a great man.

@unPlanned_podcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that nice comment!

@lizvalente5817 Жыл бұрын

thank you, thank you, reading Alexander has been comforting for me

@unPlanned_podcast Жыл бұрын

Yes, Christopher Alexander is strange that way. He says things that are at the same time very "obvious" but also profoundly insightful.

@JudgeFredd 8 ай бұрын

Great instructive interview

@unPlanned_podcast 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for that comment.

@pcatful 5 ай бұрын

Uneven mics is a drag. Sound test: 15 sec. Like for further insight into C.A. Look at the book "Patterns of Home" how this is carried forward in residential design.

@unPlanned_podcast 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback.