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A second change to the canyon would be to reveal the landform of the hills by trimming, so the whole shape becomes graspable as a living whole.

Second global feature for Claremont Canyon.

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Chapter 9: **The Whole
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This chapter argues that every step in a living process must enhance the whole, using examples from drawing, zoning, St. Mark's Square, canyon design, and painting.

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The first global change to Claremont Canyon should be making it reachable via a network of barely visible broad paths, giving a feeling of accessibility while remaining wild.claim0.809
First morphological ripple proposed for the canyon.
We human beings will have achieved the structure-preserving unfolding achieved by flowers and grasses on a hillside.claim0.749
Aspirational claim about the future capacity to create as nature does.
A wide green swath flanking the road, forming a smooth green valley, would be a large boundary contributing to the vision of the whole.claim0.736
Sixth morphological ripple proposed for the canyon.
In order to make buildings by unfolding - hence by structure-preserving transformations - it is necessary, truly, to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.quote0.728
Connection between process, attention, and love.
In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.claim0.721
Connection between process, perception, and love.
If the evolution of the natural world follows a step-by-step process in which each step is structure-preserving, then the fifteen properties will appear more and more often, and the degree of life in the wholeness will increase steadily.hypothesis0.717
Conditional statement linking smooth unfolding to the progressive emergence of the fifteen properties and increased life.
The act of division, creating upper and lower zones, determining proportions of what lies below and what lies above, makes an intervention in the potential field that is as profound as any other act of creation.claim0.717
Raises spatial division to a foundational creative gesture.
If the second method is adopted, aspects of beauty, the nature of life, the deeper aspects of existence, and even the nature of God may become visible objective truthshypothesis0.717
Alexander's visionary speculation about the ultimate reach of the post-Cartesian observational program