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claim:living-structure-in-buildings-can-only-be-generated-it-cannot-be-created-by-brute-force-from-designsLiving structure in buildings can only be GENERATED. It cannot be created by brute force from designs.
Core thesis of Book 2, stated at the transition to Part Two.
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- The chapter from which this knowledge graph is extracted, presenting examples of living processes in the 20th century.
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- A strong normative claim from Book 2 recapitulated in the appendix as a verifiable and surprising conclusion.
- Second motivating question for the appendix.
- Universal claim about all living architecture.
- The chapter's central thesis: brutal geometric imposition is a necessary phase in achieving living structure
- Fundamental distinction between generated and static geometry.
- To learn how to create living structure in buildings, we had better start by looking at nature.quote0.839Alexander's programmatic statement linking his natural philosophy to his architectural agenda