(1) Select a pattern.
(2) Indicate whether the pattern is a potential or a problem. Mark potentials with a "+" sign and problems with a "-" sign. Don't forget to write your name(s).
(3) Selecting a pattern: According to Christopher Alexander, a pattern is "a morphological law which establishes a set of relationships in space." Select a reoccuring / characteristic / consistent phenomenon, arrangement or element in ( ).
(4) Who are the key players involved / mostly affected / mostly interested in this patthern? Mark male dominated activities with "m" and female dominated activities with "f".
(5) Provide a brief description / context of the pattern: - empirical background of the pattern - evidence of the pattern's validity - variations and different manifestations of the pattern
(6) List other patterns that are connected to your pattern. Divide your list into larger (encompassing) patterns and smaller (encompassed) patterns.
(7) Give your pattern a importance rank: 1. High priority: A pattern that is absolute, needs to be changed immediately or has major effect on the us. 2. Medium priority: A pattern that affects a certain community or has a moderate level of impact. 3. Minor priority: A pattern that seems to work, is relative or can wait. It still can be optimized through design.
(8) How often your pattern repeated? XX very often X often
(9) Relate your pattern to general problems: (A) loss of scarce agricultural land (D) density, lack of open and green space (G) (R) (T) (C) (O) (I)
(10) Relate your pattern to general potentials: (N) (M) (F) (E) (P) (S)
(11) Elaborate why your pattern is considered a potential / problem
(12) Sketch a diagram illustrating existing network / spatial configuration / spatial + temporal appropriation / types
(13) Formulate your solution / tols(s) to optimize your pattern in the form of: - an illustration - a statement: How and what is needed to solve the pattern? - description of the tool: sommery of the solution - new key players that are affected by your introduced tool if applicable
(14) Sketch a diagram illustrating your design interventions, its assembly, components and materials / new network / proposed operation + maintenance / allowable spatial + temporal appropriation / new map / new layout. - How can your tool be embedded in the residents' daily life? - How can ordinary people build your design? - How does your tool accommodate the current and future informality and needs?