A generative sequence for apartment buildings in Pasadena
To get the sequence, a pattern language similar to the languages illustrated later (chapter 13), was first constructed for these multi-family apartment buildings, then re-formulated as a generative sequence. See chapter 13, throughout, for techniques necessary to obtain relevant and vital generic centers as the substrate for a pattern language.
In its sequence form it gives the user a process of unfolding in such a way as to allow a building with good plan, volumes, and organization to be made, very easily, to fit the particular conditions of any given site.
This reminds me of the Human Interface Guidelines, which are essentially patterns for good UX. Could there be a sequence-form of the HIG?
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