Architectural design theory

At its margins, the text touches on several adjacent subjects, which could be unfolded on interest.

The way in which systems are initially presented in the text marks a fold, one between the holistic system and its generating systems. The way how such folds operate in the upkeep of systems for human-machine-interaction has been described well in ACM Queue (link ).

While the excerpt focusses on the active aspects present in generating patterns, many examples were skipped for brevity. One such example remains notable: whenever Alexander makes reference to the genetic code as a generative pattern, it is useful to reconsider his remarks with light on recent work in biology (link ).

In every place where rules and rule sets are mentioned, we can also learn from our understanding of law, natural laws or also cellular automata.

Additional keywords scribbled during reading into the margins are: positionality, self-propagation, accretion, graphs, actants, signals, recursion, relationality, intention, temporality, process, encoding, cataloging, indirection, arrangements, cause, effect, condition, locality, topology, distance, care, maintenance, instability, phase change, vulnerability, sufficiency, events, work, equilibrium, presence

Systems Changes Learning also interests us here for explaining the unfolding aspects of emergent behaviours.

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