GRGR: Pynchon's urban architecture

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Mark Wright AIA wrote:

> Due to
> architects' envy of the sciences since the enlightenment (see
> Perez-Gomez "Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science"), every
> generation a new reductionist metaphor of the city arises. Salingaros'
> hero Chris Alexander is a good example of this tendency.  Fear of the
> "softness" of his chosen art (architecture) drove him to concoct a
> dissertation published in the mid 60's in book form as "Notes on the
> Synthesis of Form", in which he made a case for a sofisticated
> procedure which would, through the application of a series of rules,

Ouch, that's hitting kinda close to home. :-) Or am I wrong in thinking
that literary criticism loves the posssibility of being subject to
scientific theories? Which is fine with me of course.


		P.