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Taught my GF the basics of open-source. Now she is creating an open city design

by jhoutromundo on 9/26/19, 12:15 AM with 4 comments

• by jpalomaki on 9/26/19, 5:31 AM

  Not sure how well known Christopher Alexander’s books (from 1970s) are in these circles, but his ideas are very related:

  ”At the core […] is the idea people should design their homes, streets, and communities. This idea […] comes from the observation most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects, but by the people.”

  I originally ran into the books as he was called as the father of design patterns. In the books he has collected design patterns for houses and cities.

  At least couple of years ago books were also available in Amazon.

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language

• by pedroborges on 9/26/19, 11:03 AM

  I never expected to read about Goianira on HN. I lived there for a couple of years in early 2000. It seems to have grown quite a lot since then.

  I wish your GF good luck with her project!