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In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.

Connection between process, perception, and love.

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It is, ultimately, the process, not the design, which gives life to a building.
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Emphasizes process over blueprint.
It is, then, this love of life which is embodied in the conception of a building, in its detail, in its execution - because the wholeness that people paid attention to really was the whole, really was all of life, and people were not ashamed or too frightened to respond to all of it in their actions as builders.
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Love as the driving force of living creation.

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Chapter 3: Structure-Preserving Transformations In Traditional Society
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The current paper, arguing that life in buildings arises from structure-preserving transformations, as exemplified in traditional societies.

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In order to make buildings by unfolding - hence by structure-preserving transformations - it is necessary, truly, to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.quote0.959
Connection between process, attention, and love.
If the unfolding of wholeness is correctly followed, then every part becomes unique.hypothesis0.845
Prediction that adherence to the proper process guarantees uniqueness.
In nature the principle of unfolding wholeness creates living structure nearly all the time. Human designers, who are not constrained by this unfolding, can violate the wholeness if they wish to, and can therefore create non-living structure as often as they choose.quote0.825
Encapsulates the distinction between natural and human-made order, central to Alexander's critique of contemporary architecture.
The goodness of the results is visible in the evident life and in the profound fact that unfolding generates an 'architecture'.claim0.823
The dual validation of living process: life and the emergence of architectural order.
The proper unfolding of wholeness is both an unfolding of space from the culture which exists, and an unfolding of a new future culture from the culture of the presentclaim0.822
The core theoretical synthesis linking cultural wholeness to structure-preserving transformations
In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.816
Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
To get wholeness, you must strive for perfection where the things which matter less are left more rough, and the things which matter more are given deep attention.claim0.812
Roughness in non-essentials allows concentration on essentials.
The essence of successful unfolding is that form develops step by step, preserving wholeness and rooted in common sense; the order of steps is critical.claim0.812
Positive description of unfolding.