Christopher Alexander re: his original motivation for a pattern language
Aug 3, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZHb9-Y9r_E
Even when an architect or planner is sensitive, well-informed, iterative, etc. they should NOT be the driver of a project. The community needs to be. What tools could help the community? Alexander felt that a “pattern language” could help.
Video recorded in 1993 at the University of Oregon.
He also mentions that The Oregon Experiment began when the work on pattern languages was about halfway done.
http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/1991-1/the-oregon-experiment-revisited
