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Contrasting Concepts of Harmony in Architecture

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This legendary debate took place at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, on November 17th 1982. Not long before it, Alexander had given a talk on The Nature of Order, which was to become the subject of his magnum opus of architectural philosophy. The original version he envisaged was less than half the size of the final four-volume work as it now stands, but its main ideas were already formulated. Before the debate Eisenman had listened to the tape of Alexander's talk – one of the first public presentations of the ideas in The Nature of Order. What followed was thus partly shaped by those ideas. What ensued can be said to represent an historic occasion: Alexander is presenting his basis for the New Paradigm in Architecture at the same time as Eisenman presents his competing, diametrically opposed, deconstructivist claim for such a Paradigm. The importance of the debate has been widely recognised. Twenty years later, the Harvard Graduate School of Design republished it alo

Contrasting Concepts of Harmony in Architecture KATARXIS N o 3 Introduction by the Editors Foreword by Christopher Alexander Images of Community Review of Alexander's The Nature of Order The Architects and City Planners: * Christopher Alexander * Andr�s Duany * L�on Krier Images of Public Buildings The Scientists: * Philip Ball, Brian Goodwin, Ian Stewart * A Response by Christopher Alexande r : New Concepts in Complexity Theory Arising from Studies in Architecture Images of Neighbourhood Gallery * Built Work of Christopher Alexander and his Associates * Examples of "Connective Geometry" Backg

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