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1. How Buildings Learn - Stewart Brand - 1 of 6 - “Flow”
Stewart Brand · Jun 10, 2012 · 29m 36s
What this video covers
The first episode of Stewart Brand's 1997 BBC series based on his book How Buildings Learn, covering how buildings change after they are built. Brand presents and the series has music by Brian Eno.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN recommends it as a view of buildings as dynamic systems, with lessons for software architecture and long-term maintenance.
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“Definite takeaways for software architecture, and includes appearances by Christopher Alexander, a key instigator of the patterns movement.”
“it cannot be mentioned too often. If you haven't seen it, please please do.”
“It really opened my eyes to the importance of buildings.”