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The Nature of Order, Book One (2002)

Book where Alexander defines wholeness, centers, and the fifteen fundamental properties; primary source for this paper.

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  • The set of geometric properties that appear in all living structure: levels of scale, strong centers, boundaries, echoes, gradients, deep interlock and ambiguity, local symmetries, roughness, inner calm, not separateness, and others.
  • Overarching conceptual scheme from The Nature of Order where a whole makes its parts, which are called centers, and centers intensify each other.