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claim:the-exterior-structure-is-as-vital-a-part-of-the-structure-of-the-whole-as-the-building

The exterior structure is as vital a part of the structure of the whole, as the building.

The equal importance of outdoor built elements to the building itself.

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To be whole, a building must be 'lost' in its surroundings—not separate, but part and parcel of them.claim0.832
Defines the paradoxical quality of a living whole in architecture.
Each building element in a living structure must itself be a powerful center - a living structure in itself.claim0.806
Elements must have life individually to contribute to the whole.
the relative harmony or 'life' of a given building may be understood directly from the internal cohesion of the structure... without reference to opinion, prejudice or philosophy, merely as a consequence of the wholeness which exists.quote0.804
Strong claim that life/beauty is an objective property of the wholeness structure.
Wholeness is a real structure, an actual 'thing' in itself, not merely a way of focusing on the gestalt.claim0.800
Asserts the ontological reality of wholeness as a physical/mathematical structure.
There is nothing except the living structure of the world, and this living structure is all we need to reason with.claim0.798
Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
The main room of a building—in size, position, light, volume, character, and structure—must be unforgettable.claim0.796
Rule for the most important room.
An injection of new structure into a place can either respect and enhance the existing wholeness or violate and destroy it; this is an objective structural fact, not merely aesthetic preference.claim0.794
Alexander's assertion that judgments about whether interventions preserve wholeness are structural and mathematical rather than subjective or romantic.
The whole building is an ornament, not something that has ornament added to it.claim0.794
A fundamental redefinition of ornament: the entire building, in its microstructure, is an ornament.