ABSTRACT
Oneoftheimportantfmdingsthatthis researchhasuncoveredistheexistenceofa vital,yetunconscious,languageofphysical elementscuttingacrossallscalesofthecity andmakingupanagilesetofcomponents whicharehighlyversatileintheircombinationandstructuringcapabilities.'The analogytoalanguageisevidentifwe considerthebasicbuildingelementssuchas walls,ceilings,doors,windowsandcolumns, andtheirpossiblederivativesasthe alphabet.Thewordsthatthealphabet createsarethevariousbuildingtypesand theirrespectivearchitecturalelements createdthroughtimeandwithinthecontext andvaluesofaculture.
