W.T. Dore @WT_Dore@octodon.social
you've seen me on Metafilter, now see me here.
#mefite 'the man of twists and turns'
Problem:
No one enjoys his work if he is a cog in a machine.
Solution:
Encourage the formation of self-governing #workshops and offices of 5 to 20 workers. Make each group #autonomous - with respect to organization, style, relation to other groups, hiring and firing, work schedule. Where the work is complicated and requires larger organizations, several of these work groups can #federate and cooperate to produce complex artifacts and services.
#patternlanguage #christopheralexander
design documents for local redevelopment explicitly used #patternlanguage in planning,including developing their own patterns. I'm hopeful to see the result, looks great!
... In all cases give people the legal power, and the physical opportunity to modify and repair their own places. Pay attention to this rule especially, in the case of high density apartments: build the #apartments in such a way that every individual apartment has a #garden, or a terrace where vegetables will grow, and that even in this situation, each family can build and change, and add on to their house as they wish." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage
... Solution:
Do everything possible to make the traditional forms of rental impossible, indeed, illegal. Give every #household its own #home, with space enough for a #garden. Keep the emphasis in the definition of ownership on control, not on financial ownership. Indeed, where it is possible to construct forms of ownership which give people control over their houses and gardens, but make financial speculation impossible, choose these forms above all others. ...
"Problem:
People cannot be genuinely comfortable and healthy in a house which is not theirs. All forms of rental - whether from private landlords or public housing agencies - work against the natural processes which allow people to form stable, self-healing communities....
This #bodyweightfitness routine is humbling.
"Problem:
Once a #household for one person is part of some larger group, the most critical problem which arises is the need for #simplicity.
Solution:
Conceive a house for one person as a place of the utmost simplicity: essentially a one-room cottage or studio, with large and small alcoves around it. When it is most intense, the entire house may be no more than 300 to 400 square feet." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #tinyhouse
Solution:
Conceive a house for a couple as being made up of two kinds of places - a shared couple's realm and individual private worlds. Imagine the shared realm as half-public and half-intimate; and the private worlds as entirely individual and private." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander #couplesrealm
"Problem:
In a small household shared by two, the most important problem which arises is the possibility that each may have too little opportunity for solitude or privacy. ...
"Problem:
In a house for a small family, it is the relationship between children and adults which is most critical.
Solution:
Give the house three distinct parts: a realm for parents, a realm for the children, and a common area. Conceive these three realms as roughly similar in size, with the commons the largest." Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander
Seattle Waterfront #seattle #filmisnotdead https://octodon.social/media/ymUedObyjNIS1EmtfgQ
Space Needle, Seattle #seattle #spaceneedle #filmisnotdead https://octodon.social/media/HGwZ2E1yTnf0id2A_IM
Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander #privaterooms #couplesrealm #commonspace
... Solution:
Set up processes which encourage groups of 8 to 12 people to come together and establish #communal #households. Morphologically, the important things are:
1. Private realms for the groups and individuals that make up the extended family: couple's realms, private rooms, sub-households for small families.
2. Common space for shared functions: cooking, working, gardening, child care.
3. At the important crossroads of the site, a place where the entire group can meet and sit together."
"Problem:
The nuclear family is not by itself a viable social form. ...
#nuclearfamily
... Solution:
Make legal provisions which allow people to keep any animals on their private lots or in private stables. Create a piece of fenced and protected common land, where animals are free to graze, with grass, trees, and water in it. Make at least one system of movement in the #neighborhood which is entirely asphalt-free - where dung can fall freely without needing to be cleaned up."
"Problem:
Animals are as important a part of nature as the trees and grass and flowers. There is some evidence, in addition, which suggests that contact with #animals may play a vital role in a child's emotional development....
End of the day at the river bend https://octodon.social/media/KnBznrX2ItWr3ou0a3U
Roadside Burgers https://octodon.social/media/7qEx9-xeToPiRDNgRTI
