{ "title": "The Idea of a Pattern (Alexander et al. 1968)", "story": [ { "type": "paragraph", "id": "419e33b45a7f290e", "text": "If we examine the patterns as they are presented in full, in the Appendix, we shall see that each pattern has two parts: the PATTERN statement itself, and a PROBLEM statement. The PATTERN statement is itself broken down into two further parts, an IF part, and a THEN part. In full the statement of each pattern reads like this:" }, { "type": "paragraph", "id": "c1f890034eb7843b", "text": "IF:X THEN:Z / PROBLEM:Y" }, { "type": "paragraph", "id": "ddb15732719e6ba2", "text": "X defines a set of conditions. Y defines some problem which is always liable to occur under the conditions Z. Z defines some abstract spatial relation which needs to be present under the conditions X, in order to solve the problem Y." }, { "type": "paragraph", "id": "79734ab18ec34725", "text": "In short, IF the conditions X occur, THEN we should do Z, in order to solve the PROBLEM Y. [p. 17]" }, { "type": "paragraph", "id": "64a2d856de9a4cdb", "text": "