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For a community of 150 middle-class American houses, the total loss of value due to fabricated mistakes is on the order of a staggering $30 million.

Economic calculation extrapolating mistake costs to a whole community.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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The value difference between a house with 10,000 mistakes ($150,000) and a mistake-free one ($600,000) could be on the order of $450,000.
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Cost estimate illustrating the economic cost of fabricated structures; even a low-cost Indian house could see a tenfold value increase.

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If this 20% is robbed from the budget, the thing will die.claim0.701
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Alexander's foundational insight about iterative system improvement that motivates the piecemeal growth approach.
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Tacit Assumption 2: Matters of value in architecture are subjective.claim0.686
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How many possible mistakes are there in a typical house?question0.685
Question leading to the cost analysis; the answer is around 20,000 mistakes.
The bank-financing process requiring immediate payback makes buildings artifacts primarily aimed at recovering the loan, undermining gradual, adaptive building.claim0.684
Economic analysis of building process.