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claim:an-unfolding-process-if-faithfully-applied-will-dissolve-any-arbitrary-initial-image-because-reality-and-common-sense-will-override-itAn unfolding process, if faithfully applied, will dissolve any arbitrary initial image because reality and common sense will override it.
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- UnfoldingaboutThe step-by-step process through which coherent geometric order emerges from a whole, preserving structure at each step; the fundamental dynamic of all living processes
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- Thought experiment demonstrating that iconic modern buildings cannot be generated by unfolding.
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- Claim about the universality and pervasiveness of the center-making process at all scales and phases.
- Alexander's emphasis that even loose, organic forms arise from geometric transformations.
- In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.839Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
- Positive description of unfolding.
- The dual validation of living process: life and the emergence of architectural order.
- Author's assessment that the discovered geometries can carry profound feeling.
- Alexander claims Book 2's unfolding process is a consequence of people learning to please themselves.
- The unassuming, ordinary, touching quality can only be created by a living process, by unfolding.claim0.823Strong exclusivity claim: only unfolding produces genuine ordinariness that touches people.