本文主要評論亞歷山大《住屋之生産》（1985年）一書之理論取向。文分三部份，第一部份前言，介紹自助住宅與該書實驗之背景，第二部分則說明亞歴山大有關營造生産方式之改革與其作爲認識論基礎之普遍性原則，第三部分則利用D，Fromm和P. Bosselmann兩位對該案之使用後訪問，檢驗亞歴山大之理論，並闡明其對社會、文化、政治、經濟之諸層次上考慮之缺失。
This paper is an epistemological critique of ”The Production of Houses” written by C. Alexander. It includes:
1. an introdudction of the concept of self help and the housing project in Mexicali.
2. a review of the system of housing production proposed by Alexander.
3. the examination of this new approach in social cultural political and economic perspectives.
