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claim:in-a-living-process-the-generation-of-ornament-goes-hand-in-hand-with-constructionIn a living process, the generation of ornament goes hand in hand with construction
Ornament is the detail that forms as the process constantly refines the centers that are there during making.
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- Opening sentence of the chapter, encapsulating the natural origin of ornament.
- Ornament and function arise from a single evolving morphology; in a living building they are one.claim0.836The alternative to the mechanistic split, crucial for a vital architecture.
- The central thesis: embellishment is spontaneous, coming from the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more structure.
- When making is severed from design, the process of ornamentation is upset and cannot be profound.
- Beauty and geometry are the talisman by which a living process is known.
- Core assertion that living process translates unique place and person into unique form.
- Prediction that ornaments from the process will share space-filling geometries, positive space, etc.
- The process of getting the ornament from the space works by structure-preserving transformationsclaim0.797The design of the floor, color, and geometry all arose as a result of structure-enhancing transformations in the place.