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claim:it-is-impossible-in-principle-for-an-unfolding-process-to-produce-the-works-of-botta-mies-or-le-corbusier-their-works-are-therefore-arbitrary-and-lifeless

It is impossible, in principle, for an unfolding process to produce the works of Botta, Mies, or Le Corbusier; their works are therefore arbitrary and lifeless.

Strong in-principle claim against modern icons.

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Unfolding
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The 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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Many modern designs could not, under any circumstances, have been created by a structure-preserving step-by-step process; they are conceptual and barren.
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In-principle impossibility claim.

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Cylindrical house thought experiment
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Thought experiment demonstrating that iconic modern buildings cannot be generated by unfolding.

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The unassuming, ordinary, touching quality can only be created by a living process, by unfolding.claim0.815
Strong exclusivity claim: only unfolding produces genuine ordinariness that touches people.
An unfolding process, if faithfully applied, will dissolve any arbitrary initial image because reality and common sense will override it.claim0.806
Key principle about images vs. unfolding.
We hypothesize that a similar 'brutal' and purely geometric process always occurs somewhere in other kinds of unfolding that generate living order — in poetry, dance, social structure, planning, and family relationships.hypothesis0.793
Extends the brutal geometry thesis beyond architecture into all creative and social domains; acknowledged as not yet confirmed with certainty
A successful unfolding process requires a special kind of contract with fixed price, rough plan, continuous modifications without change orders, and open books.claim0.791
Assertion that the living process is enabled by a specific contractual framework.
In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.788
Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
The practical crux of unfolding, the essence of every living process, is that it is above all a GEOMETRIC process.claim0.785
Alexander's emphasis that even loose, organic forms arise from geometric transformations.
But even so, although it is the most naked and forceful artistic act, this too must be seen as an unfolding which uses nothing but the fundamental process.claim0.785
Reconciles the brutal imposition with the unfolding paradigm — it is still the fundamental process, just at its most forceful
All living processes use unfolding to create geometric order.claim0.779
Universal claim extending the unfolding-and-geometry principle beyond buildings to all living systems