05/02/2023
"We know now that language has the power to bring things to life. In a town with a living language, the pattern language is so widely shared that everyone can use it. The language covers the whole of life. The connection between the users and the act of building is direct. The adaptation between people and buildings is profound. But, by contrast, in the early phases of industrial society which we have experienced recently, the pattern language dies."
The Timeless Way Of Building
Christopher Alexander