Plenary at Purplsoc, with Peter Baumgartner; a delegate of the Mayor of the City of Krems; Monica Kil; Christian Hanus; Hajo Neis.
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At PURPLSOC (Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change) 2015, Danube University Krems, Austria
Introduction by Richard Sickinger, Department of Architecture, Danube U. Krems
- Inviting a few people to say a few words
[Peter Baumgartner, Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies, Danube U. Krems]
History of the conference
- Originated 2 years ago
- Ideas of patterns, there are a lot of disciplines: computer science, lots of design sciences
- Should have some unity: next week, EuroPLoP nearby
- EuroPLoP working on Christopher Alexander from the 1980s
- This group would like to do more with the Nature of Order
- Need both
- Need scientists, people who use the pattern approach, and a philosophical approach
This university focuses on continuing education, lifelong learning, experiences from what people have done in practices
- Recognize this knowledge
First approached pattern language with education in Hagen
- Have been working with software development for many years
- Christian Kohls was working on computer science coming to e-learning
- Dina took to first pattern language conference, was a doctoral student
- Then got in contact with Richard, who is an architect
- Faculty is education, art and architecture, a mixture
- Apply pattern language as a method or device, forces a maturation, a strategy in the discussion
- People in arts department are interested in the pattern approach
Would like to take the pattern approach into society
- Not only in sciences, but more broadly in society
- Need to check fundamental sciences
- Some criticisms of Alexander, could be negative
- Feel that subjectivity is important, a different type of science, don’t have to leave out human beings
In Alexander’s last book, showed how broken society is, and how difficult it is to get human cooperation
- Difficult to have this approach, and scientific
[Delegate of Mayor], City of Krems
- Lord Mayor gave a pattern to use in this talk
- Warm welcome to Krems
- This rooms is one of the coolest rooms in town, especially on a hot day
Krems is an old city, earliest dating to 995AD
- 2000 years early, have found a grave with twins
In year 2000, Krems was added to the UNESCO list, with region
Krems has 25,000 inhabitants, with 50,000 students at 5 universities
- Has most universities in the world for this size
10 years ago, Krems awarded with highest quality of life in Austria
[Monica Kil, Vice Rector for Academic Teaching, Danube U. Krems]
Pattern language to support life, wholeness
Opportunity to change interaction with the world
3 days at university
Town is a hub for exchanging ideas
[Christian Hanus, Dean, Faculty of Education, Arts and Architecture]
Architecture focuses on full life cycle
Christopher Alexander, not only in architecture, cross to other domains
[Hajo Neis, Portland Urban Architecture Research Lab]
PUARL conference started in 2009
Collaborative for Urban Research mission: urban inclusivity
Talked with Christopher Alexander last in March, he sent a simple message
- Pleased that people coming from home country, his family was in Vienna
- Pleased with multiple disciplines
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