Nexus Network Journal guest editors Yannis Zavoleas and Mark Taylor introduce the papers in vol 23 no. 1, a special issue dedicated to patterns and spatial organisation. In this introduction they discuss the role of patterns in architecture, from the early uses through to recent applications and future possibilities. Especially since the integration of computers and computing into design practice, a comparative discourse on the eras before-and-after their arrival seems imperative, so that the qualities of the past are selectively tailored to support those of the future. To that aim, the theme of this issue provides a vehicle to address many of architecture’s key challenges from both a humanistic perspective and a technical/technological one.

Nexus Network Journal的客座编辑Yannis Zavoleas和Mark Taylor在第23卷第1期中介绍了这些论文。1，专门讨论模式和空间组织的专刊。在本简介中，他们讨论了模式在体系结构中的作用，从早期使用到最近的应用程序以及未来的可能性。特别是由于将计算机和计算技术集成到设计实践中，因此有必要对它们来临前后的时代进行比较性的论述，以便有选择地调整过去的质量以支持未来的质量。为此，本期的主题提供了一种从人文视角和技术/技术角度应对建筑诸多关键挑战的工具。