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claim:the-generator-problem-for-architecture-is-solvableThe generator problem, for architecture, is solvable.
Alexander's assertoric answer to the computer scientist's question; claims that generative sequences can be worked out for a large number of architectural cases.
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- The astonished question of the unnamed computer scientist upon hearing the generative sequence concept; its answer is a central claim of the chapter.
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- Contrast between living process and current architectural practice.
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- Scope of the problem.
- Concise statement that underscores the necessity of the generated process for real complexity.
- The design problem is redefined not around building a structure to last, but promoting processesclaim0.752Assertion from the NRCS specification sheet that LTPBR shifts focus from structural permanence to process promotion.
- Empirical validation of the theory of centers in architecture.
- Paper's interpretation of Gödel's incompleteness result as motivating computationalism