Editing Creode (section)

==Architecture==

Architectural theorist [[Sanford Kwinter]] described the concept of the chreod as "the most important concept of the 20th century."<ref>Sandford Kwinter, "Lecture Excerpt: What Is Life?," ''GSD 08 Platform,'' Harvard University Graduate School of Design, page 40.</ref> The word "chreod" also closely describes paths of decision within what [[Christopher Alexander]] has called [[Configuration space (physics)|configuration space]], his term for what he notes that Stuart Kaufmann calls "fitness landscape." By Alexander's theory, because conscious human design decisions do not need to follow these chreods, conscious human design can lead to mixed results. Therefore, he proposes that discovering ways to allow architecture to follow these paths is the best way to get good results in the built environment. Alexander sees his theories of "The Fundamental Process", "structure preserving transformations" and "15 fundamental properties" which he outlines in his work ''[[The Nature of Order]]'' as instrumentally shaping paths through configuration space.<ref>[[Christopher Alexander]], [http://www.katarxis3.com/SCIENTIFIC%20INTRODUCTION.pdf ''New Concepts in Complexity Theory Arising from Studies in the Field of Architecture''], p 17.</ref>