TL;DR: Buildings and neighborhoods should be designed in situ by the people living there.
The PL volumes are earlier and seminal (both SimCity and the concept of "Patterns" in programming are two examples) while the more mature Nature of Order is nearly mystic.
I'm convinced that if we could combine the ideas of Pattern Language with applied ecology we could create a new form of civilization so beautiful our ancestors would consider it Heaven on Earth.
TL;DR: Buildings and neighborhoods should be designed in situ by the people living there.
The PL volumes are earlier and seminal (both SimCity and the concept of "Patterns" in programming are two examples) while the more mature Nature of Order is nearly mystic.
I'm convinced that if we could combine the ideas of Pattern Language with applied ecology we could create a new form of civilization so beautiful our ancestors would consider it Heaven on Earth.