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claim:it-is-indeed-this-pattern-of-the-middle-sized-entities-which-most-strongly-gives-overall-geometric-order-to-the-building-without-it-a-building-is-very-unlikely-to-be-beautiful

It is, indeed, this pattern of the middle-sized entities, which most strongly gives overall geometric order to the building. Without it, a building is very unlikely to be beautiful.

Identifies the pattern of middle-range entities as the primary source of overall geometric order and beauty

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In a controlled geometric comparison, subdividing a rectangle asymmetrically with a thin band of space between the four resulting rooms produces a more profound form — with more levels of scale, boundaries, and centers — than simply cutting it into four equal parts.
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The geometric demonstration that asymmetrical subdivision with boundary bands creates more living structure

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There cannot be profound order in the building unless these middle-range entities exist.claim0.844
Strong necessary-condition claim: middle-range entities are prerequisite for profound building order
The building as a whole, its feeling, will largely hinge on the way in which it is a beautiful, pure pattern in which solid elements and open elements, volumes, spaces, voids, and solid cores of material, together form a satisfying pattern of centers.quote0.841
The core aesthetic principle driving the structural design process.
In buildings, especially, the success of the process will be judged by the extent to which these middle-range entities appear with their own distinct symmetries, with their own definite and distinct force as strong centers.claim0.833
Proposes middle-range entity quality as the criterion for judging the success of a building process
It is this injection of definite, strong, geometrical order that allows the profound depth of the made thing — the building in the land — and it is from this that the order must and will arise.claim0.831
The geometric injection is the causal source of the building's profound depth
The kind of order that occurs in living structure has a complexity not usually describable by drawings or by architectural images.claim0.831
Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.
We cannot create living order only by concentrating on appearance; we must characterize the geometry that comes from living process.claim0.812
The structure which is created by a feeling for centers and by a conscious and deliberate aim towards the feeling of the whole, will often turn out to be an efficient structure.claim0.810
Reiterated empirical observation from twenty years of practice.
The great majority of modern buildings are awkward assemblies of unrelated components, lacking the coherence necessary to be living designs.claim0.810
Aesthetic judgment on modern buildings.