Lecture II on Virtual Spaces: From the Past to the Future

Lecture 2. Spatial Relations and Patterns (空間關係及模式)

Example of a Stone House Pattern Language (石屋的模式語言)

Here is an example of a simple pattern language for stone houses in the South of Italy: 
Square main room, about 3 meters
Two step main entrance
Small rooms off the main room
Arch between rooms
Main conical vault
Small vaults within the cone
Whitewashed top to the cone
Front seat, whitewashed
It generates both the very simple houses (left figure) and the more complicated houses (right figure):