Shifting Patterns: Christopher Alexander and the Eishin Campus by Eva Guttmann (

Description: Shifting Patterns by Eva Guttmann, Gabriele Kaiser, Claudia Mazanek Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The Eishin Campus near Tokyo is Christopher Alexanders largest and most significant project based on the Pattern Language he developed in the 1970s together with Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein, and is the first examination of Alexanders systems generating systems theory and its application to a concrete building design. Publisher Description Christopher Alexander is a Vienna-born, British-American architect and theorist and the father of the pattern language movement, popularized in his pivotal 1968 book, A Pattern Language, with Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein, as well as the 1979 follow up, The Timeless Way of Building. Lesser known but as essential to understanding Alexanders work is his theory of "systems generating systems," which explains that systems as a whole are created by a "generating systems," and, "if we wish to make things which function as wholes, we shall have to invent generating systems to create them."Taking the Eishin Campus outside Tokyo, built between 1983 and 1989, as its example, Shifting Patterns is the first book to examine Alexanders theory of "systems generating systems" and its application to a building design. It brings together essays from an interdisciplinary, international cast of experts, including Eva Guttmann, Gabriele Kaiser, Ernst Beneder, Walter Ruprechter, Hisae Hosoi, Christian KÜhn, Ida Pristinger, and Norihito Nakatani, as well as conversations with Hajo Neis and Takaharu Tezuka to investigate the application of this theory to the school and university complex, the largest project Alexander has realized based on pattern language. Among the issues discussed are topicality, interdisciplinary and internationality, and culture transfer. The essays also look at the design-build movement as an antithesis to todays standardized and commerce-driven architectural production. Author Biography Eva Guttmann is a freelance architecture publicist based in Graz and Vienna, and an editor with Park Books. Gabriele Kaiser lives and works in Vienna as a freelance architecture publicist, writer, and curator. Claudia Mazanek is a Vienna-based freelance editor with a special expertise in twentieth-century art and architecture. Details ISBN 3038601497 ISBN-13 9783038601494 Title Shifting Patterns Author Eva Guttmann, Gabriele Kaiser, Claudia Mazanek Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 192 Publisher Park Books GE_Item_ID:147575076; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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