Автор: Christopher Alexander Название: The Natue of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe, Book 3: A Vision of A Living World ISBN: 1735078123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735078120 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23100.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: From a practical point of view, this is the most compelling of the four books. Hundreds of photographs and plans of new buildings that have living structure, and the processes which gave them life, demonstrate, for the first time, what the concept of living structure can mean in buildings of our time and of the future.
The really good building. The really good space. Places that reach an archetypal level of human experience, reaching across centuries, across continents, across cultures, across technology, across building materials and climates. They connect us to ourselves. They connect us to our feelings. What is more, as we study them, we realize that they all share a similar geometry. How are they made? The practical task of making beauty is the principal subject of A Vision of a Living World.
In the four books of The Nature of Order we have been given a new framework for perceiving and interacting with our world, a methodology for creating beautiful spaces, a cosmology where art, architecture, science, religion and secular life all work comfortably together. The third book shows us – visually, technically, and artistically – what a world built in this cosmology and framework is likely to be: what it may look like and be like.
Hundreds of examples of buildings and places are shown. New forms for large buildings, public spaces, communities, neighborhoods, lead to discussions about equally important small scale of detail and ornament and color. Many f the examples are built by Alexander and his colleagues; other buildings explored take us around the world and through time.
In all instances, it is the uniqueness and adaptation of each place and its parts, and their comfort, which hold attention: uniqueness coupled with geometrical simplicity and beauty of form and color.
With these examples, lay people, architects, builders, artists, and students are able to make this new framework real for themselves, understand how it works, and understand its significance. The book is a feast for the eyes, and mind, and heart. Places created by living process (Book 2) have living structure (Book 1), and they connect us to our essence as people (Book 4). The seven hundred pictures of Alexander’s buildings and works of art shown in this book demonstrate in detail what he means.
Автор: Christopher Alexander Название: The Natue of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe, Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life ISBN: 1735078107 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735078106 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23100.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Christopher Alexander’s series of ground-breaking books – including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building – 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 The Nature of Order, 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.
In The Phenomenon of Life, 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 room…a humble doorknob…a neighbourhood…or even in a vast region.
He introduces the concept of living structure, basing it upon his theories of centers and of wholeness, and defines the fifteen properties from which, according t his observations, all wholeness is built. Alexander argues that living structure is at once both personal and structural.
Taken 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.
Автор: Christopher Alexander Название: The Natue of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe, Book 2: The Process of Creating Life ISBN: 1735078115 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735078113 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23100.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Scientifically, this is perhaps the most exciting of the four books. How do beautiful creations come into being? Nature can make an infinite number of human faces, each one unique, each one beautiful. The same is true for daffodils, streams, and stars. But man-made creations – especially the towns and buildings of the 20th century – have only occasionally been really good, more often mediocre, and in the last 50 years have most often been deadly.
What is the reason for the difference? It hinges on the deep nature of the processes we use.
Merely understanding the geometry of beautiful and living form (the topic of Book 1) is not enough to help us create such a living geometry. In the 20th century our society was locked into deadly processes which created our current built environment, process that most people were not really aware of and did not question. Despite their best efforts and intentions, architects and planners working within these processes could not achieve a living built environment.Life and beauty in the built world arise only from processes which allow living structure to unfold. The secret lies in knowing, as nature does, what must happen in what order: what sequence of events allows a living form to unfold successfully?
Here, in Book 2, Alexander puts forward a fully developed theory of living process. He defines conditions for a process to be living: that is, capable of generating living structure. He shows how such processes work, and how they may be created. At the core of the new theory is the theory of structure-preserving transformations. This concept, new in scientific thinking, is based on the concept of wholeness defined in Book 1: A structure-preserving transformation is one which preserves, extends, and enhances the wholeness of a system.
Structure-preserving transformations provide the means for any step-by-step process – social, biological, architectural, or technical – to reach configurations which are most profound, most capable of supporting life. The process of creation – whether in the formation of a single object, or in the piece-meal aggregation of a town – requires this sort of generative process, a careful and deliberate sequence of steps in which each step creates the context for the next one, and each next wholeness is derived from the previous wholeness.
Our billions of beautiful and unique human faces come from one class of sequences. Driven by these sequences, an initial cell differentiates again and again until beautiful and complex human beings emerge, infinitely various, always harmonious.
Making changes in society, so that streets, buildings, rooms, gardens, and towns may be generated by hundreds of such sequences requires massive transformations. This book is the first blueprint of those transformations.
Автор: Moyer Linda Stevens Название: Light Up Your Paintings Layer by Layer: Transparent Glazing Techniques for Luminous Paintings ISBN: 1440328854 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781440328855 Издательство: David & Charles Рейтинг: Цена: 19790.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The best watercolor paintings have a certain radiance, a richness of light, color and detail. You can bring these same effects to your own work with the help of award-winning painter Linda Stevens Moyer. With this book, you`ll discover a layering formula for creating stunning watercolors that explode with light.
Автор: C. de Loore; A.J. Willis; P. Laskarides Название: Luminous Stars and Associations in Galaxies ISBN: 9027722722 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789027722720 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 294420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Proceedings of the 116th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Porto Heli, Greece, May 26-31, 1985
Автор: Publishing Amazing Название: I Am Luminous: Premium Weekly Planner ISBN: 1690480114 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781690480112 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 183910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Jaeger Ariaa Название: The Book of Ariaa: Quotes for a Luminous Life ISBN: 0989550354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780989550352 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: C. de Loore; A.J. Willis; P. Laskarides Название: Luminous Stars and Associations in Galaxies ISBN: 9027722730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789027722737 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 241310.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Proceedings of the 116th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Porto Heli, Greece, May 26-31, 1985
Автор: Kris Davidson; Anthony F.J. Moffat; Henny J.G.L.M. Название: Physics of Luminous Blue Variables ISBN: 9401069557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401069557 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 113190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Proceedings of the 113th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Val Morin, Quebec Province, Canada, August 15-18, 1988
