This is a lecture on Christopher Alexander’s book The Nature of Order, Volume 4 The Luminous Ground, Chapter 3 The Existence of an “I”, by Nikos A. Salingaros, Professor of Mathematics and Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Given on 11 March 2021 to the Building Beauty Post-Graduate Diploma in Architecture Course. 

Nikos Salingaros: The Existence of an “I” (Lecture)

Included: Connecting to portions of the environment in a deeply visceral way. How pre-industrial cultures living in nature achieved this without any problems. The connection process helps to explain the Mirror-of-the-Self Test. 

Readings related to this lecture: 

Two previous videolectures on the same topic given to the Building Beauty Post-Graduate Diploma in Architecture Program:

Text discussed: 

  • Christopher Alexander (2004) The Nature of Order, Book 4: The Luminous Ground, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, California. Buy in the USA from Oxbow Books and internationally from Eurospan or from any online bookstore. 

Building Beauty course website: https://www.buildingbeauty.org