It is the space which comes to life. All that we do, as architects, is then to arrange and rearrange this living space, in such a way as to intensify its life.

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• It is, ultimately, the process, not the design, which gives life to a building.claim0.850
  Emphasizes process over blueprint.
• What is it? What is this thing which happens as space comes to life? What is the life of a center, which then multiplies and blossoms to form the life of buildings, ornaments ... and perhaps even the life of living things?question0.842
  The fundamental unanswered question about the nature of life in space that the chapter addresses.
• When something works, or is functional, its space is awakened to a very high degree. It becomes alive. The space itself becomes alive.claim0.840
  Core thesis of the chapter: function is an awakening of the spatial medium.
• When you are done, if you have reached what you aim for, you feel the impact of its 'presence.' This is how architecture comes about.claim0.829
  Defines the experiential criterion — felt presence — as the endpoint and definition of successful architecture
• "Taking architecture seriously leads us to the proper treatment of tiny details, to an understanding of the unfolding whole, and to an understanding – mystical in part – of the entity that underpins that wholeness. The path of architecture thus leads inexorably towards a renewed understanding of God."concept0.825
  Alexander's late-life conclusion articulating architecture as path to God; Steenson uses this to ground her disagreement with his empirical universalism.
• Life is exactly that property of space in which each spot becomes unique according to its place in the larger scheme of things.claim0.818
  Definitional claim equating life with spatial uniqueness.
• Only a deliberate process of creating being-like centers in built structure throughout the world encourages the world to become more alive.claim0.817
  Proposition 4 of the Mid-Book Appendix; the normative and practical conclusion tying individual search for the true self to the creation of a living world.
• What we call 'life' is a general condition which exists, to some degree or other, in every part of space: brick, stone, grass, river, painting, building, daffodil, human being, forest, city.quote0.816
  Verbatim statement of the fundamental hypothesis, defining the scope of life.