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claim:each-building-element-in-a-living-structure-must-itself-be-a-powerful-center-a-living-structure-in-itselfEach building element in a living structure must itself be a powerful center - a living structure in itself.
Elements must have life individually to contribute to the whole.
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Findings (1)
finding
- At Back-of-the-Moon, testing cardboard capitals of varying thickness and height revealed one design that maximized the strength of the column center and the negative space.
Chapters (1)
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- Chapter 15 of Vol. 3, arguing that the living quality of buildings depends on a process of making that allows continuous feedback and adaptation.
Related by similarity (8)
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- At each step, doing the simplest thing that can be done to intensify existing centers will produce living structure.hypothesis0.848Operational hypothesis equating simplicity of step with emergence of life.
- Strong claim that living structure cannot exist without every part being unique.
- The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
- The chapter's central thesis: brutal geometric imposition is a necessary phase in achieving living structure
- The fourth key idea, summarizing the basis of living structure.
- Maxim for the demanding effort of genuinely center-based design.