VALA2008 Session 5 Jones

VALA2008Virtual and physical: architect Christopher Alexander on living spaces

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Library Spaces
Tuesday 5 February 2008, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-5-jones

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperBonna Jones

Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
http://www.rmit.edu.au

Yen Wong

Learning & Technology Librarian, State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au

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Abstract

Christopher Alexander is a controversial architect who believes that those who build physical spaces must address the question of human feeling. When combined with some ideas on metamedia literacy, there are implications in his work for the building of social online spaces, such as Inside-a-Dog, a new site being developed by the State Library of Victoria for young readers.