Minecraft II
This is an expansion of the Excelsior! post 2016 - 08 - Rue de la Fleurs — implementing ideas from Christopher Alexander & co’s The Timeless Way of Building & A Pattern Language in the open-world construction videogame Minecraft.
Independent Regions
The Distribution of Towns
City Country Fingers
Agricultural Valleys
Lace of Country Streets
Country Towns
The Countryside
Mosaic of Subcultures
Scattered Work
Magic of the City
Local Transport Areas
Community of 7000
Subculture Boundary
Identifiable Neighborhood
Neighborhood Boundary
Web of Public Transportation
Ring Roads
Network of Learning
Web of Shopping
Mini-Buses
Four-Story Limit
Nine Per Cent Parking
Parallel Roads
Sacred Sites
Access to Water
Life Cycle
Men and Women
Eccentric Nucleus
Density Rings
Activity Nodes
Promenade
Shopping Street
Night Life
Interchange
Household Mix
Degrees of Publicness
House Cluster
Row Houses
Housing Hill
Old People Everywhere
Work Community
Individual Ribbon
University as a Marketplace
Local Town Hall
Necklace of Community Projects
Market of Many Shops
Health Center
Housing In Between
Looped Local Roads
T Junctions
Green Streets
Network of Paths and Cars
Main Gateways
Road Crossing
Raised Walk
Bike Paths and Racks
Children in the City
Carnival
Quiet Backs
Accessible Green
Small Public Squares
High Places
Dancing in the Street
Pools and Streams
Birth Places
Holy Ground
Common Land
Connected Play
Public Outdoor Room
Grave Sites
Still Water
Local Sports
Adventure Playground
Animals
The Family
House for a Small Family
House for a Couple
House for One Person
Your Own Home
Self-Governing Workshops and Offices
Small Services Without Red Tape
Office Connections
Master and Apprentices
Teenage Society
Shopfront Schools
Children’s Home
Individually Owned Shops
Street Cafe
Corner Grocery
Beer Hall
Traveler’s Inn
Bus Stop
Food Stands
Sleeping In Public
Building Complex
Number of Stories
Shielded Parking
Circulation Realms
Main Building
Pedestrian Street
Building Thoroughfare
Family of Entrances
Small Parking Lots
Site Repair
South Facing Outdoors
Positive Outdoor Space
Wings of Light
Connected Buildings
Long Thin House
Main Entrance
Half-Hidden Garden
Entrance Transition
Car Connection
Hierarchy of Open Space
Courtyards Which Live
Cascade of Roofs
Sheltering Roof
Roof Garden
Arcades
Paths and Goals
Path Shape
Building Fronts
Pedestrian Density
Activity Pockets
Stair Seats
Something Roughly in the Middle
Intimacy Gradient
Indoor Sunlight
Common Areas at the Heart
Entrance Room
The Flow Through Rooms
Short Passages
Staircase as a Stage
Zen View
Tapestry of Light and Dark
Couple’s Realm
Children’s Realm
Sleeping to the East
Farmhouse Kitchen
Private Terrace on the Street
A Room of One’s Own
Sequence of Sitting Spaces
Bed Cluster
Bathing Room
Bulk Storage
Flexible Office Space
Communal Eating
Small Work Groups
Reception Welcomes You
A Place to Wait
Small Meeting Rooms
Half-Private Office
Rooms to Rent
Teenager’s Cottage
Old Age Cottage
Settled Work
Home Workshop
Open Stairs
Light on Two Side of Every Room
Building Edge
Sunny Place
North Face
Outdoor Room
Street Windows
Opening to the Street
Gallery Surround
Six-Foot Balcony
Connection to the Earth
Terraced Slope
Fruit Trees
Tree Places
Garden Growing Wild
Garden Wall
Trellised Walk
Greenhouse
Garden Seat
Vegetable Garden
Compost
Alcoves
Window Place
The Fire
Eating Atmosphere
Workspace Enclosure
Cooking Layout
Sitting Circle
Communal Sleeping
Marriage Bed
Bed Alcove
Dressing Room
Ceiling Height Variety
The Shape of Indoor Space
Windows Overlooking Life
Half-Open Wall
Interior Windows
Staircase Volume
Corner Doors
Thick Walls
Closets Between Rooms
Sunny Counter
Open Shelves
Waist-High Shelf
Built-In Seats
Child Caves
Secret Place
Structure Follows Social Spaces
Efficient Structure
Good Materials
Gradual Stiffening
Roof Layout
Floor and Ceiling Layout
Thickening the Outer Walls
Columns at the Corners
Final Column Distribution
Root Foundations
Ground Floor Slab
Box Columns
Perimeter Beams
Wall Membranes
Floor-Ceiling Vaults
Roof Vaults
Natural Doors and Windows
Low Sill
Deep Reveals
Low Doorway
Frames at Thickened Edges
Column Place
Column Connection
Stair Vault
Duct Space
Radiant Heat
Dormer Windows
Roof Caps
Floor Surface
Lapped Outside Walls
Soft Inside Walls
Windows Which Open Wide
Solid Doors with Glass
Filtered Light
Small Panes
Half-Inch Trim
Seat Spots
Front Door Bench
Sitting Wall
Canvas Roofs
Raised Flowers
Climbing Plants
Paving With Cracks Between the Stones
Soft Tile and Brick
Ornament
Warm Colors
Different Chairs
Pools of Lights
Things From Your Life