Generative methods in urban design: A progress assessment
October 31, 2025The network of patterns: Creating a design guide using Christopher Alexander’s pattern language
October 31, 2025Research Article
Generative Codes: The Path to Building Welcoming, Beautiful, Sustainable Neighborhoods
By Alexander, C., Schmidt, R., Hanson, B., Alexander, M. M., & Mehaffy, M.
Full Citation
Alexander, C., Schmidt, R., Hanson, B., Alexander, M. M., & Mehaffy, M. (2005). Generative Codes: The path to building welcoming, beautiful, sustainable neighborhoods. In New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future (T. Haas, Ed.), 14-29. New York: Rizzoli.
Key Findings
The author of the seminal text A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, and his co-authors, document a new approach to urban design codes that work to generate a result rather than prescribe one. The linked PDF is hosted by the Housing and Community Regeneration Intitative at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, and is shared with permission of the author.