Philosophy of Architecture (2015)

Couldn’t help but search the text for references to Christopher Alexander (and they’re there). Recommend The Timeless Way of Building - not just for the patterns stuff that so inspired the tech community but for metaphors, many of which translate into other domains. I channel one such - ‘wholehearted’ - in my mission statement [1] and branding<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;about&#x2F;wholehearted" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;about&#x2F;wholehearted</a>

If you are interested in this subject, I would recommend &#x27;The Architecture of Happiness&#x27; by Alain De Botton, and &#x27;Status Anxiety&#x27; (even though the a later is not focused on architecture, it is complimentary).<p>The books were also made into documentaries that are available on Alain De Bottom&#x27;s YouTube channel.

Architecture matters. When I walk into a brutalist space, I feel minuscule and irrelevant. When I walk into spaces that I (subjectively) regard as a beautiful, I feel changed, for the better.

I feel that philosophy of systems and theory of constraints would be a better philosophy to use with computer systems.