# Meta - #[[Christopher Alexander]] #ToolsForThought #abstract #patterning # Resources - Group works pattern language project [webpage](https://groupworksdeck.org/) - Article [Connections between UX and Architecture](https://medium.com/@aadaam/connections-between-ux-and-architecture-dd6dc1af4157) - Article [The Oregon experiment after 20 years](http://www.rainmagazine.com/archive/1991-1/the-oregon-experiment-revisited) - Article [Structuralism and a Pattern Language for Online Environments](https://medium.com/swlh/towards-a-larger-view-of-information-architecture-2a7bd6ebafb7) - ![Image for post](https://miro.medium.com/max/2164/1*WBSc8nmgQsndCpZi1DAg8g.png) - Slide deck [Pattern Language 3.0 and Fundamental Behavioral Properties](https://www.slideshare.net/takashiiba/pattern-language-30-and-fundamental-behavioral-properties-takashi-iba-purplsoc15-keynote-2015) - Article [Pattern languages as a tool for group alignment](http://www.lilianricaud.com/web-strategy/pattern-languages-as-a-tool-for-group-alignment/) - [Web Strategy – Lilian Ricaud](http://www.lilianricaud.com/web-strategy/) - "Open Networked Cooperation" - Article [Permaculture Patterning, a design framework for systemic transformation](http://www.lilianricaud.com/web-strategy/permaculture-patterning-a-design-framework-for-systemic-transformation/) - Article [(In)formal Pattern Language in Egypt](https://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/projects/informal-pattern-language) - Article [Peer Learning via Dialogue with a Pattern Language](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-74295-3_16) - Webpage with many languages - [The list of languages created by Takashi Iba, Iba Lab, and CreativeShift Lab., Inc.](http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~iba/languages.html) - [Takashi Iba's Home Page](http://web.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~iba/) - Article/Page: [A pattern language for natural homes](http://naturalhomes.org/pattern.220.htm) - Book [Patterns of commoning](http://patternsofcommoning.org/about/) - Article: [The practice of the pattern language to resolve information distortion](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/practise-pattern-language-resolve-information-zehra-korkusuz/) - Webpage: [Informal pattern languages](http://www.informalpatternlanguage.com/) #architecture - Film [Places for the soul](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/placesforthesoul) - "An intimate portrait of Christopher Alexander, a critic of modern architecture on a lifelong quest to build harmonious, livable places in today’s world.The film tells the story of two projects – a spectacular high school in Japan and an innovative homeless shelter in California. For Alexander, feelings come first, users are deeply engaged and process is paramount. We discover what happens when an architect’s unconventional method collides with standard practices in his profession." - http://www.patterntheory.org/wiki.cgi - https://www.buildingbeauty.org/