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The Building Process Alliance is an international
organization
of architects, designers, builders, planners,
researchers
and educators
committed to building places of enduring comfort, joy
and human value. Our
main purpose is to
support the creation of wholeness in the built
environment:
to develop the knowledge and practices necessary to
build a world full of beautiful,
sustainable places which enhance the life of
those who dwell in them.
In practice, we work to create wholeness and
order in the built environment by making places that are
both personal and universal at every level of scale.
Whether the environment in question is a piece of
furniture, a room, a building, a neighborhood, or an
entire city or region,
participants in the Building Process Alliance
strive to create “living” places – environments that
make the world a more beautiful, comfortable place for
human life.
The
Building Process Alliance focuses on:
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The identification and analysis of places that
contain these qualities of beauty, wholeness, and
life.
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The study and implementation of design and building
processes and methods that allow us to create living
environments.
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Disseminating the work of and fostering
communication among practitioners and scholars who
are supportive of these ideals and methods.
The Building Process Alliance was founded in 2005 by
former colleagues and students of Christopher Alexander,
the head of the Building Process Area of Emphasis in the
Department of Architecture at the University of
California at Berkeley. The work of the Building
Process Alliance builds upon this common foundation and
theoretical framework, and also explores new processes
and approaches to creating wholeness and living
structures in the built world. The Building Process
Alliance also acknowledges and connects with other
disciplines that recognize the importance of unfolding
wholeness in our understanding of the world, such as
biology, computer science, art, and philosophy. As an
organization, the Building Process Alliance provides a
forum and resource for this work through this website,
sponsorship of international conferences, publication of
a journal, and a listserv to communicate and share
information with
members around the world.
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