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The fifteen properties necessarily accompany the centers and symmetries in living structure.

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Fifteen Properties of Living Structure
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The set of geometric properties that appear in all living structure: levels of scale, strong centers, boundaries, echoes, gradients, deep interlock and ambiguity, local symmetries, roughness, inner calm, not separateness, and others.

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The fifteen properties are the fifteen ways in which centers can enliven one another.claim0.866
Recapitulation of the Book 1 definition, linking the properties to the mutual intensification of centers.
The fifteen structural properties are not the most fundamental aspect of the theory; they are consequences of the existence of centers and their interdependence.claim0.859
Alexander's retrospective account of how his theory evolved, demoting the fifteen properties from foundational to derivative status.
The fifteen properties are fundamental to the existence of wholeness and thus to all physical structures, not merely visual features of artifacts.claim0.857
The chapter's central thesis, arguing that the properties are necessary manifestations of wholeness in any generated system.
The fifteen properties are the very simplest things which can possibly be used as a basis for assembly of a living thing, and it is from simplicity that they ultimately derive.claim0.855
Justification for using the fifteen transformations as a foundation.
The fifteen properties are not merely visual features which appear in works of art. ... they must be fundamental to the appearance of life in all centers that are generated or created in any system.quote0.854
Foundation of the chapter's argument that the properties transcend aesthetics and are fundamental to all physical reality.
The fifteen properties are attributes of wholeness and appear naturally when one focuses on enhancing the whole through structure-preserving transformations.claim0.851
Linking the fifteen properties to the process of seeking wholeness.
The fifteen properties are the ways centers sustain each other's coherence, thereby contributing to the stability and robustness of natural systems.claim0.851
Proposed as the reason the properties appear in functionally stable or semistable systems.
The fifteen properties, the field of centers, and the wholeness thoroughly and completely determine the way that buildings work.claim0.844
Universality claim that the same geometric properties govern both beauty and function.