Taochitecture
21 Jun 2023 - 21 Jun 2023
- A word I coined prompted by @meekale 's complaint that Christopher Alexander did a bad job of marketing his ideas
Christopher Alexander was a master of concept creation—the whole "A Pattern Language" demonstrates that beyond doubt—but I kinda wonder why he didn't put forth something like the term "permaculture" as a symbol that people can gather around as a focus for practice
— Mikael Brockman (@meekaale) June 20, 2023 - Or maybe "anarchitecture" – although that one is well-established Using Black Anarchitecture to Construct a New South
- The word "Architecture" inherently has a centralized, top-down authoritarian ring to it, thanks the the arche- right there at the beginning.