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Interfaces to information systems, and the buildings in which such systems are embedded will typically be the result of the work of a large number of different disciplines, potentially ranging from ethnographers to architects. A common language and conceptual framework has the potential for greatly enhancing the effectiveness and ease of cross-disciplinary communication. In this paper we describe some aspects of the notion of design patterns developed by architect Christopher Alexander and colleagues in the 1970’s. We briefly show how Alexander-style patterns can be used for analysis and design in some of the disciplines implicated in the creation of successful cooperative buildings — interface design, ergonomic design, functionality design and office design and suggest that pattern languages might be a way of bridging the communication gaps between professions to produce a shared vision of the cooperative building project.
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Pemberton, L., Griffiths, R.N. (1998). The Timeless Way: Making Living Cooperative Buildings with Design Patterns. In: Streitz, N.A., Konomi, S., Burkhardt, HJ. (eds) Cooperative Buildings: Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture. CoBuild 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1370. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-69706-3_15
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