Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Wholeness Collapsing Transformations

Christopher Alexander often uses the therm wholeness-extending-transformations. This addition to the classical coastal wooden town Risør must definitely be the opposite, what we might call wholeness-collapsing-transformations. A pity, as we don't have much architectural beauty left in Norway.

The ugly buildings on the island are yet to be built, if they are they will become like an invasive and destructive species which doesn't belong to this beautiful coastal landscape. Click on the image for a magnification. Photo: Petter Bogen Arkitektkontor
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