In my last post, I suggested the lure of vitality as a way of explaining our attraction to certain kinds of settings. Following Christopher Alexander’s (1) arguments about our primal attraction to life in all its forms and Jane Jacobs’ advocacy for “vital little plans” as a way to build neighborhood-sized chunks of healthy and vibrant life into cities, I flailed my arms convincingly (didn’t I?) suggesting that somewhere in the intersection of those things was a way of understanding why we found many different kinds of settings attractive and animating, whether or not they contained trees and leaves.
From vitality to complexity
From vitality to complexity
From vitality to complexity
In my last post, I suggested the lure of vitality as a way of explaining our attraction to certain kinds of settings. Following Christopher Alexander’s (1) arguments about our primal attraction to life in all its forms and Jane Jacobs’ advocacy for “vital little plans” as a way to build neighborhood-sized chunks of healthy and vibrant life into cities, I flailed my arms convincingly (didn’t I?) suggesting that somewhere in the intersection of those things was a way of understanding why we found many different kinds of settings attractive and animating, whether or not they contained trees and leaves.