Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty: Any Prospects of Victory?: (Reply to a commentary by Professor Nikos Salingaros)

Per Galle

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2020.08.003

Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty: Any Prospects of Victory? (Reply to a commentary by Professor Nikos Salingaros)

Per Galle

Institute of Architecture and Design

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Commenting on an essay of mine about the scientific aspects and potentials of Christopher Alexander’s lifelong “battle for beauty” in architectural and urban design, Professor Nikos Salingaros challenged me to take a stand on the political-activist aspect of Alexander’s battle. Although politics and activism is not my turf research-wise, I venture, in this reply to Salingaros, to conjecture possible tactics for continuation of the battle and, on the basis of that, a cautiously optimistic estimate of the prospects of victory.

Original language	English
Journal	She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
Pages (from-to)	380-385
ISSN	2405-8726
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2020.08.003
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2020

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Aesthetics
Architectural and urban design
Christopher Alexander
Reform of the building industry
Sources of ugliness

Artistic research

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Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty in a World Turning Ugly: The Inception of a Science of Architecture? (Invited paper for special section "Reading the Classics")
Galle, P., 30 Sept 2020, In: She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. p. 345-375
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Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty: Any Prospects of Victory? (Reply to a commentary by Professor Nikos Salingaros)

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