Architecture & Built Environment · Architectural Design
A topic within Architectural Design, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Architecture & Built Environment.
2 works
Bryan Lawson
Studies how architects and designers actually solve problems against how textbooks say they should, arguing design proceeds by generating and testing solutions rather than by first fully defining the problem.
Christopher Alexander
Argues that good design comes from decomposing a problem into independent misfits that must each fit their context, formalising design as a search for fit rather than a matter of taste.
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