The 253 patterns in A Pattern Language describe conflicting systems of forces and show configurations that eliminate stress cycles and release positive forces.

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• A pattern language will work well only to the extent that it embraces a whole — comprising everything needed for a complete building of that type — so that its patterns work together as a coherent systemhypothesis0.801
  Condition for success of an artificial pattern language stated in section 3
• A true collective pattern language will almost always contain the fifteen properties as transformations, and they will be implicit in the geometry of the patternsclaim0.798
  Connection between the deep structure of the vision and the fifteen properties of living structure
• Pattern Language patterns enable rather than prescribe: they are conditions, not commands.claim0.790
• The Pattern Language is a game that regulates the interaction between man and environment and its complexity lies in the interface of the generative rules coded in the patterns with the specific circumstances of its application.claim0.787
  Interpretation of Alexander’s later work as a rule-based game that requires contextual improvisation, though limited to pre-defined patterns.
• A well-constructed pattern language has the fifteen properties embedded within it, giving it a driving force that makes geometrical wholeness more easily visible and attainableclaim0.784
  Connecting pattern language theory to the fifteen properties framework as its geometric substrate
• The price system, bioelectricity, and pattern language are three substrates' answers to the same coordination problem.claim0.779
• The mere list of centers in a pattern language, just from their naming, already conveys a profound atmosphere and defines the life of the place to an enormous degreeclaim0.773
  Demonstrated via the Samarkand pattern language list which immediately evokes magical atmosphere
• Pattern Language represents a rearrangement of the political power in the design and building process.claim0.770