Living structure can only be created by structure-preserving transformations.

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• The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.887
• Such a process will not—in general—create living structure.claim0.874
• Nature manages to create structures that are members of C_living by way of structure-preserving transformations.claim0.873
• Structure-preserving transformations govern the emergence of all structure in nature, not just in buildings and art.hypothesis0.872
  Alexander's conjecture extending the unfolding framework from architecture to natural phenomena generally.
• Living structure in buildings can only be GENERATED. It cannot be created by brute force from designs.claim0.865
  Core thesis of Book 2, stated at the transition to Part Two.
• Any part of the world we build will have life if it is created by structure-preserving transformations, and will not have life if it is not created by structure-preserving transformations.claim0.864
  The central thesis of the chapter.
• The structure we know as living structure is just that kind of structure which has unfolded smoothly and naturally, arising step by step from what exists, preserving the structure of what exists.claim0.846
  Defines living structure as the product of a truthful unfolding process that respects and preserves existing wholeness.
• Unless we have a form language which supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.quote0.842
  Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.