Christopher Alexander's Fifteen Properties of Living Structure in Software
Ben Christel, 2024
This essay was originally published on Substack.
- Introduction
- An Extremely Cursory Summary of Alexandrian Thought
- 1. Levels of Scale
- 2. Strong Centers
- 3. Boundaries
- 4. Alternating Repetition
- Interlude 1
- 5. Positive Space
- 6. Good Shape
- 7. Local Symmetries
- 8. Deep Interlock and Ambiguity
- Interlude 2
- 9. Contrast
- 10. Gradients
- 11. Roughness
- 12. Echoes
- 13. The Void
- 14. Simplicity and Inner Calm
- 15. Not-Separateness
- Conclusion?
- The Alexandrian Solution