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The future emerges from the present, without ideology, solely by paying minute attention to the structure present.

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The step-by-step process through which coherent geometric order emerges from a whole, preserving structure at each step; the fundamental dynamic of all living processes

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I believe it is a necessary state of mind, without which it is not possible to reach the purity of structure needed to create a living thing.claim0.799
The indispensability of the gift-to-God intention for creating life in buildings.
A structure is truly generated, and perceived as having life, only when it has unfolded from a nice, beautiful sequence of differentiations.claim0.797
The most profound claim of the chapter: the niceness of the sequence is directly perceptible in the built form and is the ultimate source of living quality.
In modern architecture, neither design nor construction typically works step by step; instead there is a fixed end-state produced without realistic feedback.claim0.793
Contrast between living process and current architectural practice.
Living structure comes into being effortlessly simply as a result of following the sequence.claim0.792
Alexander asserts that when the generative sequence is correctly ordered, the form unfolds without struggle—a central thesis of the chapter.
The living structure emerges, slowly, step by step, and as the process goes forward step by step there is continuous feedback which allows the process to guide the system towards greater wholeness, and coherence, and adaptation.quote0.791
Concise definition of the core dynamic of living process.
There is nothing except the living structure of the world, and this living structure is all we need to reason with.claim0.790
Radical assertion that function reduces to living structure, eliminating the need for external goals.
Creativity comes about when we discover the new within a structure already latent in the present.quote0.788
Alexander's definition of genuine creativity, opposing arbitrary image-making.
When you are done, if you have reached what you aim for, you feel the impact of its 'presence.' This is how architecture comes about.claim0.787
Defines the experiential criterion — felt presence — as the endpoint and definition of successful architecture