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claim:a-structure-gets-its-life-according-to-the-density-and-intensity-of-centers-which-have-been-formed-in-it

A structure gets its life according to the density and intensity of centers which have been formed in it.

The fourth key idea, summarizing the basis of living structure.

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The Georgian door has more life than the motel door because it receives more life from its component centers, which are better arranged and have more life themselves.
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Comparative claim illustrating the role of density and arrangement of centers.
The Northumberland house has living structure solidly built throughout its fabric, each part being a profound and living center.
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Affirmation of traditional building as exemplar of living structure.

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A structure is truly generated, and perceived as having life, only when it has unfolded from a nice, beautiful sequence of differentiations.claim0.838
The most profound claim of the chapter: the niceness of the sequence is directly perceptible in the built form and is the ultimate source of living quality.
The life of any one center depends on the life of other centers and is a function of the whole configuration.claim0.832
A fundamental assertion about the relational nature of life.
Life and living structure will appear in the world inevitably because the mathematical way space gives rise to structure necessarily reinforces wholeness as part of its most normal evolution.claim0.831
Alexander's strongest ontological claim: living structure is not probabilistically improbable but mathematically necessary given the principle of unfolding wholeness
Life is structural, a quality that comes about because of the existence of a discernible structure in the wholeness.claim0.828
The central thesis of the chapter, setting up the explanation of how life emerges.
The structure which is created by a feeling for centers and by a conscious and deliberate aim towards the feeling of the whole, will often turn out to be an efficient structure.claim0.819
Reiterated empirical observation from twenty years of practice.
Each building element in a living structure must itself be a powerful center - a living structure in itself.claim0.818
Elements must have life individually to contribute to the whole.
Degree of life varies with relative configuration of surrounding centers, not absolute properties.claim0.815
Each center gets its life, always, from the fact that it is helping to support and enliven some larger center.claim0.812
The fundamental recursive rule of living centers.