Ways of Understanding Wholeness: Place, Christopher Alexander, and Synergistic Relationality

This article considers architect Christopher Alexander's work in relation to a broader body of research and design focusing on phenomenologies of place and placemaking. The article begins by describing two contrasting ways of understanding wholeness-what are called analytic relationality and sy...

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Vydáno v:World futures Ročník 80; číslo 2; s. 93 - 110
Hlavní autor: Seamon, David
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New York Routledge 17.02.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Christopher Alexander
holistic science
pattern language
phenomenology
place
synergy
wholeness
ISSN:0260-4027, 1556-1844
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Shrnutí:This article considers architect Christopher Alexander's work in relation to a broader body of research and design focusing on phenomenologies of place and placemaking. The article begins by describing two contrasting ways of understanding wholeness-what are called analytic relationality and synergistic relationality. In analytic relationality, wholes are pictured as sets of arbitrary parts external to each other and among which are located linkages involving stronger and weaker connections and relationships. In contrast, synergistic relationality interprets wholes as dynamic, generative fields that sustain and are sustained by intensive parts that integrally belong to and support the whole. The argument is made that, in terms of synergistic relationality, places can be envisioned as interconnected fields of intertwined relationships gathering and gathered by a lived intimacy between people and world. The article illustrates how Alexander's approach to wholeness assumes a synergistic relationality and contributes to understanding, envisioning, and making places that are whole, robust, and life-enhancing.
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ISSN:0260-4027
1556-1844
DOI:10.1080/02604027.2024.2330288