Unit

Definition

A unit is a collection of systems that form a stable part of a larger system (such as a city).

A unit itself could be thought of as a static system as it’s something fixed, making it an identifiable feature that defines something like a city.

Units are never stand-alone entities that aren’t either directly part of a system or a parameter: everything stands in relation to everything else.

See also/ References:
From A - A City is Not a Tree

In fact, I claim that whatever picture of the city someone has is defined precisely by the subsets he sees as units.

Related To: SPIO Model MOC
Created On: 2020-08-15 from A - A City is Not a Tree
Last Updated On: 2020-08-15

Linked References

Physical units are residues of human interaction

Each unit in each tree that I have described, moreover, is the fixed, unchanging residue of some system in the living city just as a house is the residue of the interactions between the members of a family, their emotions and their belongings; and a freeway is the residue of movement and commercial From Christopher Alexander, A City is Not a Tree

A beautiful ground-up conceptualisation of the world emerging as natural byproducts from the ‘in betweens’ of basic units.

Related To: Modelling Reality MOC
Created On: 2020-08-15 from A - A City is Not a Tree
Last Updated On: 2020-08-15