Comments on: A Pattern Language Conference in the Sustainable Valley of Hurdal in 2017?

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 06:41:50 +0000

I just came across this.

– The Potential of Christopher Alexander’s Theory and Practice of Wholeness: Clues for developing an Educational Taxonomy: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imperia/md/images/department/imb/forschung/publikationen/europlop10_rb_pb_final_version.pdf

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:15:38 +0000

– A New Kind of World, by Christopher Alexander: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/a-new-kind-of-world/2014/08/04

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:50:45 +0000

– Spaces for the Soul, A documentary about the Architect, Mathematician Alexander Christopher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhmm2Ld9VqQ

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:02:12 +0000

A printer friendly pamphlet (pdf) explaining the core consepts of pocket neighborhoods. Please print and distribute!

– Pocket Neighborhoods: Building Blocks for Resilient Communities: http://pocket-neighborhoods.net/SmartGrowth.pdf

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:20:42 +0000

A new paper by professor Bin Jiang on wholeness-oriented design!

“In this recent paper, we developed scientific evidence to support wholeness-oriented design, in particular the two design principles of differentiation and adaptation;

– A Topological Representation for Taking Cities as a Coherent Whole: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305638074_A_Topological_Representation_for_Taking_Cities_as_a_Coherent_Whole

The developed topological representation can be applied to anything to see whether it is beautiful or not.”

By: Bembo Davies

Bembo Davies — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:19:16 +0000

ooops: I dropped the link function: http://unmonastery.org/

By: Bembo Davies

Bembo Davies — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:18:01 +0000

Øyvind: Please keep me in the loop in your efforts. I have been the resident scribe following **The unMonastery** as it seeks to distill the manners of a dedicated life of service for the occupy generation. We too have approached our work model with design patterns; our unMonastery Toolbox with the Book of Greater and Lesser Omissions, Code/unCode, a Stakeholders Handbook and DesignPattern Workbook has recently been made available.

It has struck me that my adopted country of Norway has always seemed too highly capitalised for everything but token high-tech compromises. I would enjoy entering any conversation about an eco-village model in a Norwegian context — it seems the model of husmannsplass/ kårhuset / undgomshuset have vital functions that should be revitalised.

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:47:24 +0000

– The City as Commons: a Policy Reader: https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/city-commons-policy-reader/2016/07/22

If the conference becomes materialized Michel Bauwens might come to lecture on the subject of the city as a commons. Anyway the above article/book is an inspirational read, and it is to hope that Hurdal Urban Village will become a strong commons in every aspect.

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Øyvind Holmstad — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:15:26 +0000

A nice update by professor Bin Jiang on his “beautymeter” from 2015!

– A Complex-Network Perspective on Alexander’s Wholeness: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296396310_A_Complex-Network_Perspective_on_Alexander's_Wholeness

By: Claude Lewenz

Claude Lewenz — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:05:51 +0000

Nice of you to mention my work on VillageTowns. Have a look at http://villagetowns.nz where we focus on New Zealand. Cheers, Claude Lewenz