The essence of successful unfolding is that form develops step by step, preserving wholeness and rooted in common sense; the order of steps is critical.

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• The practical crux of unfolding, the essence of every living process, is that it is above all a GEOMETRIC process.claim0.859
  Alexander's emphasis that even loose, organic forms arise from geometric transformations.
• An unfolding process, if faithfully applied, will dissolve any arbitrary initial image because reality and common sense will override it.claim0.838
  Key principle about images vs. unfolding.
• The goodness of the results is visible in the evident life and in the profound fact that unfolding generates an 'architecture'.claim0.831
  The dual validation of living process: life and the emergence of architectural order.
• If the unfolding of wholeness is correctly followed, then every part becomes unique.hypothesis0.814
  Prediction that adherence to the proper process guarantees uniqueness.
• A successful unfolding process requires a special kind of contract with fixed price, rough plan, continuous modifications without change orders, and open books.claim0.814
  Assertion that the living process is enabled by a specific contractual framework.
• In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.claim0.812
  Connection between process, perception, and love.
• In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.806
  Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
• Principle of Unfolding Wholenessframework0.805
  The principle that every natural process is governed by a step-by-step unfolding where each step preserves the structure of the wholeness, introduced in Chapter 1 and elaborated here.