The environment affects us, and it is perhaps through our rooms that it does it most.

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• Rooms are given their life, first of all, by their position in the flow of movement, the light, and their connection with the outer world beyond the windows.claim0.788
  The three most salient factors for room life.
• What matters, above all, is that the people themselves are in control of their environment.claim0.787
  The single most important prerequisite for achieving belonging
• 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.claim0.785
  Synthetic statement that architecture is the art of awakening space.
• The environment is good, or bad, according to the degree that its thousands and thousands of centers are pictures of the self, what we might call 'beings'.quote0.784
  The chapter's central evaluative conclusion, summarizing the beings criterion.
• The impact of the geometry of the environment—its living or not-living structure—has a trace-like, catalytic effect on emotional, social, spiritual, and physical well-being.claim0.783
  Analogy to trace elements and enzymes.
• It is, above all, the light and relation to movement and relation to the whole which give quality and character to a room.quote0.781
  Summarizes the three primary determinants of room life.
• But how do they affect us?question0.779
  Follow-up to Churchill's quote.
• What is the most important thing for you if you ask what makes a living environment for you?question0.778
  Open-ended question eliciting spontaneous wishes.