The ALCOVE pattern gave permission, legitimacy, and information about how life might increase through an intimate smaller space opening off a larger one.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Patterns like ALCOVE unlock feelings which people have but are not aware they have, leading to greater awareness and self-knowledge.claim0.830
• 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 degreeclaim0.765
  Demonstrated via the Samarkand pattern language list which immediately evokes magical atmosphere
• A realization of our own multiscale, nested architecture naturally leads to the conclusion that care needs to be extended to all sentient beings.claim0.756
  Extends ethical concern based on the collective nature of selves.
• The Linz Cafe alcoves, developed through a trial-and-error mockup to maximize comfort of the soul, were extremely successful and drew people to sit for hours.claim0.753
• Patterns enable rearrangement of political power in design and building processclaim0.750
  Kent Beck's interpretation of Alexander; technologists value Alexander for enabling horizontal, codified design processes that challenge traditional architectural hierarchy.
• some of the pattern types were more abundance than others at the Alhambraclaim0.749
  Author's qualitative observation of unequal distribution of frieze types
• 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.claim0.748
  Identifies the pattern of middle-range entities as the primary source of overall geometric order and beauty
• It is possible to design spaces that are moral, meaningful, and filled with life.claim0.747