Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built (if you can find a print version) is a good sustained demonstration of how much people modify their buildings and how valuable that customization costs. It’s easy to forget in discussing standardization.
Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built (if you can find a print version) is a good sustained demonstration of how much people modify their buildings and how valuable that customization costs. It’s easy to forget in discussing standardization.
And the pattern language by Christopher Alexander: http://lesswrong.com/lw/jzr/my_april_fools_day_confession/arm0