92 Let's take for example the pattern called ‘Arcade' - an archetype of a structure that relates to the transition area between a building and the open space around it . Although the arcade in the synagogue I designed in Hadera is different from the one in the old cloister in Assisi or in the Senior Citizens Day Center I designed in Tel - Aviv, there is one superstructure common to them all, a superstructure that defines the repeating relationship between the building and its surroundings . remains the same . The importance of these patterns, 250 in number as listed by Alexander in his book, APattern Language , lies in the fact that they constitute a system which generates an entire language . It includes patterns from the city scale level to that of individual buildings and construction details . Each pattern in the language consists of other smaller patterns and is at the same time part of a larger pattern . In other words, each pattern is a pattern of relationships . The language is...
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