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3 unusual facts about Pattern language


Pattern language

Since the original publications, thinking in terms of patterns and pattern languages has been applied to other fields, including software design, user interface design, classroom curriculum, and social change.

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.

The actual organizational structure (hierarchical, iterative, etc.) is left to the discretion of the designer, depending on the problem.



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An Te Liu

Pattern Language creates wallpaper from aerial photographs of Levittown the “first truly mass-produced suburb” in North America.

Form-based code

Architect Christopher Alexander published A Pattern Language in 1977, a compendium of physical rules for designing humane buildings and places.