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This book, with a 1968 copyright by The Center for Environmental Structure at the University of California at Berkeley, is authored by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein.
The 64 patterns are summarized as follows:
1. Small Target Areas: The multi-service center servces a target area with population of 34,000 ± 20%. 2. Location: Service centers are located within two blocks of a major intersection. 3. Size Based on Population: The total size of an MSC which services a target area of population N, is .9N square feet. 4. [Community Territory]]: The service center is divided into two zones, services and community territory; community territory includes space for community projects and a public area. 5. Small Services without Red Tape: No one service has a staff size greater than 12; each service is physically cohesive and autonomous; the services are loosely organized with respect to each other. 6. Expansion: the number of services can grow and the size of any one service can grow; but the relationship of all services to community territory does not change. 7. Entrance locations: The building's main entrances are immediately visible to a person approaching, by foot or by car, from any direction. 8. Parking: Either parking is provided for everyone [this will require .5N square feet for a target population of N], or there is emergency parking only; staff-only parking is never provided.
