Jane Jacobs and Christopher Alexander are miles apart really. Alexander reminds us that we shouldn't conceptualise the city as a tree or hierarchical simplified city. Jacobs shares her love of her neighbourhood specifically and personally. Do they just have a difference in personality?
A 'here' concept of the city cannot ever be separated from personality, no matter the exchange. A city is a social construct as is any conversation about a city or a description.
It's like relationships of trust that underpin the success and failure of a project, they key determining factor is a working relationship.
These personal-social aspects will and are ever-present. Alexander can't see past his own rally and academic problematisation, he disciplines. Jacobs on the other hand lets go and speaks from self.
It's messy and contingent
A 'here' concept of the city cannot ever be separated from personality, no matter the exchange. A city is a social construct as is any conversation about a city or a description.
It's like relationships of trust that underpin the success and failure of a project, they key determining factor is a working relationship.
These personal-social aspects will and are ever-present. Alexander can't see past his own rally and academic problematisation, he disciplines. Jacobs on the other hand lets go and speaks from self.
It's messy and contingent