Investigating an author's influence using citation analyses: Christopher alexander (1964–2014)

Wania, Christine E.

doi:10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010029

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“…This was essentially the question asked by architect Christopher Alexander (who is best known in computing for originating the concept of design patterns [64]) when he led the development of the University of Oregon's master plan in the early 1970s. In that project, Alexander and his colleagues created a master plan that was not a map of the future but rather a philosophy and set of patterns for how the campus should adapt over time.…”

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Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Gorichanaz

2024

Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Humanity-centered design is a concept of emerging interest in HCI, one motivated by the limitations of human-centered design. As discussed to date, humanity-centered design is compatible with but goes beyond human-centered design in that it considers entire ecosystems and populations over the long term and centers participatory design. Though the intentions of humanity-centered design are laudable, current articulations of humanity-centered design are incoherent in a number of ways, leading to questions of how exactly it can or should be implemented. In this article, I delineate four ways in which humanity-centered design is incoherent-which can be boiled down to a tendency toward hubris-and propose a more fruitful way forward, a humble approach to humanity-centered design. Rather than a contradiction in terms, "humility" here refers to an organic, piecemeal, patterns-based approach to design that will be good for our being on this earth.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms; HCI theory, concepts and models.

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“…This vision is based on the philosophy of architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, particularly as expressed in his master plan for the University of Oregon's campus [2]. Alexander is best known in HCI for his work on design patterns [64], but his larger project was certainly resonant with the goals of humanity-centered design [29].…”

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Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Gorichanaz

2024

Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…But we find it rather odd that the present-day effort to design virtual worlds so far neglects design patterns, despite their potential central role in shaping all types of environments. Design patterns tend to be used simply as a communicative tool in software engineering and interface design [61] rather than for their deeper purpose (in Alexander's estimation) of creating a living structure.…”

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The Impacts of Online Experience on Health and Well-Being: The Overlooked Aesthetic Dimension

Gorichanaz,

Lavdas,

Mehaffy

et al. 2023

Virtual Worlds

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It is well-recognized that online experience can carry profound impacts on health and well-being, particularly for young people. Research has already documented influences from cyberbullying, heightened feelings of inadequacy, and the relative decline of face-to-face interactions and active lifestyles. Less attention has been given to the health impacts of aesthetic experiences of online users, particularly gamers and other users of immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies. However, a significant body of research has begun to document the surprisingly strong yet previously unrecognized impacts of aesthetic experiences on health and well-being in other arenas of life. Other researchers have used both fixed laboratory and wearable sensors and, to a lesser extent, user surveys to measure indicators of activation level, mood, and stress level, which detect physiological markers for health. In this study, we assessed the evidence that online sensorial experience is no less important than in the physical world, with the capacity for both harmful effects and salutogenic benefits. We explore the implications for online design and propose an outline for further research.

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“…Despite a large body of literature on or inspired by Alexander's work [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], living structure has not yet been well recognized as a physical phenomenon or mathematical concept, for people to understand the objective or structural nature of beauty. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap, by setting up a dialogue with those who are skeptical about Alexander's design thoughts.…”

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Living Structure Down to Earth and Up to Heaven: Christopher Alexander

Jiang

2019

Urban Science

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Discovered by Christopher Alexander, living structure is a physical phenomenon, through which the quality of the built environment or artifacts can be judged objectively. It has two distinguishing properties just like a tree: "Far more small things than large ones" across all scales from the smallest to the largest, and "more or less similar things" on each scale. As a physical phenomenon, and mathematical concept, living structure is essentially empirical, discovered and developed from miniscule observation in nature-and human-made things, and it affects our daily lives in some practical ways, such as where to put a table or a flower vase in a room, helping us to make beautiful things and environments. Living structure is not only empirical, but also philosophical and visionary, enabling us to see the world and space in more meaningful ways. This paper is intended to defend living structure as a physical phenomenon, and a mathematical concept, clarifying some common questions and misgivings surrounding Alexander's design thoughts, such as the objective or structural nature of beauty, building styles advocated by Alexander, and mysterious nature of his concepts. For this purpose, we first illustrate living structure-essentially organized complexity, as advocated by the late Jane Jacobs -that is governed by two fundamental laws (scaling law and Tobler's law), and generated in some step by step fashion by two design principles (differentiation and adaptation) through the 15 structural properties. We then verify why living structure is primarily empirical, drawing evidence from Alexander's own work, as well as our case studies applied to the Earth's surface including cities, streets, and buildings, and two logos. Before reaching conclusions, we concentrate on the most mysterious part of Alexander's work-the luminous ground or the hypothesized "I"-as a substance that pervasively exists everywhere, in space and matter including our bodies, in order to make better sense of living structure in our minds.

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Investigating an author's influence using citation analyses: Christopher alexander (1964–2014)

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

Toward Humanity-Centered Design without Hubris

The Impacts of Online Experience on Health and Well-Being: The Overlooked Aesthetic Dimension

Living Structure Down to Earth and Up to Heaven: Christopher Alexander

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