Goodness of Fit (Christopher Alexander)

In the case of a real design problem, even our conviction that there is such thing as fit to be achieved is curiously flimsy and insubstantial. We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed, and a context which we cannot properly describe. The only reason we have for thinking that there must be some kind of fit to be achieved between them is that we can detect incongruities, or negativ instances of it. The incongruities in an ensemble are the primary data of experience. If we agree to treat fit as the absence of misfits, and to use a list of those potential misfits which are most likely to occur as our criterion for fit, our theory will at least have the same nature as our intuitive conviction that there is a problem to be solved.

Quelle: Notes on The Synthesis of Form

Dieser Beitrag wurde unter Ästhetik und Kunst, Einige interessante Beiträge aus Philosophie und Wissenschaft veröffentlicht. Setze ein Lesezeichen auf den Permalink.