Market in Fresno (Christopher Alexander)
"If we want to take an ecological view of architecture, we naturally try to take the view that our job on earth is to create life in buildings and in towns, not only in the "wild" part of nature. This is quite different from merely preserving the natural life which exists. It means creating life in man-made things and natural things together."

Christopher Alexander
"The Nature of Order" Book One, "The Phenomenon of Life"

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