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ALL the well-ordered complex systems we know in the world, all those anyway that we view as highly successful, are GENERATED structures, not fabricated structures.

The central thesis of the chapter; supported by examples from nature, artifacts, and human settlements.

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generated structure
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A structure created by an unfolding, differentiating process that adapts each part deeply, achieving mistake-free, complex, living geometry. Contrasted with fabricated structure.
fabricated structure
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A structure assembled from fixed components or designed without the deep, step-by-step differentiation of a generated structure; inherently full of mistakes and lacking life.

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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.claim0.820
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.
Complex, generated structure cannot be arrived at in any other way.quote0.814
Concise statement that underscores the necessity of the generated process for real complexity.
The structures where life occurs just cannot be made in any other way.quote0.803
Categorical assertion about the necessity of the living process.
The fabricated plans D-G, even when designed with good intent or individual variation, lack the essence of living structure and are not generated structures.claim0.799
Judgment on the specific examples, emphasizing that simulated variety does not equal generated structure.
Living configurations are hijackable in the good sense; manufactured systems are brittle to intervention.claim0.795
Good and functional structures achieve their quality from a conscious effort by the maker to make the geometric field of centers.claim0.794
Challenges the 'form follows function' dogma; asserts that creators aimed at beauty first.
A well-constructed process virtually guarantees that each person will be able to make a coherent design.claim0.794
Asserts that the step-by-step unfolding method prevents incoherent results.
Nearly all great traditional buildings contain such successful structure, making us believe that this differentiating process must have been a predictable and reliable process.claim0.793
Uses traditional architecture as evidence that the generative sequence is historically reliable