Cohousing-L Mailing List: PATTERN LANGUAGES

[Jake Morrison (jake.morrison]

Quoting Frank Boosman:
 >  I've gone through the last three months' archives, and is JUST the 
 > sort of information my wife and I have been looking for.
    I've gone through the whole year and a half in the last few weeks so I 
know just what you mean ;-)
    In fact, it seemed like such a solid resource that I have been 
structuring all the messages into a hypertext document. A few copies of 
it are out now in our group for improved structuring. When I'm done I 
would be very happy to release it back to the list in some way. Anyone 
able to help me on the technicalities of transferring it please speak 
up. Also, anyone wishing to restrict the dissemation of their posts 
should also speak up.

 > The reason I'm writing, though, is to see if 1) people on this list a
 > familiar with the book "A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings,
 > Construction," by Alexander et. al., 1977, Oxford University Press, a
 > if so, if anyone has thought of creating a pattern langugage for coho
    Many in our group have read it but I haven't heard any talk of creating
a pattern language for cohousing.

 > I have certainly read the book "Cohousing," and it implies many of th
 > elements of a pattern language for cohousing. Also, the book "A Patte
 > Language" itself contains many such patterns, formulated independentl
 > (thus reinforcing their inherent validity).

 > I've been thinking about a cohousing pattern language, and if people
 > interested, I can share the (measly) work I've done to date.
    I'd be very interested.



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