Virtual 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
Bonna 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.