The Linz Cafe alcoves, developed through a trial-and-error mockup to maximize comfort of the soul, were extremely successful and drew people to sit for hours.

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• The Linz Cafe plan was generated from a freehand aperiodic grid with differentiated spacing in both long and cross directions, producing a perfect grid fitted organically to the nature of the spaces.finding0.791
  Demonstrates the aperiodic grid method produced a coherent plan at Linz
• The ALCOVE pattern gave permission, legitimacy, and information about how life might increase through an intimate smaller space opening off a larger one.claim0.753
• Each of the four examples (doll, Julian Street Inn, West Dean bench, Linz alcoves) has the minimal structure for its situation that carries weight of feeling.claim0.751
• Patterns like ALCOVE unlock feelings which people have but are not aware they have, leading to greater awareness and self-knowledge.claim0.746
• alcoveconcept0.708
  A smaller recessed space within a room that forms a strong center.
• In early trials, right and left cue locations are more attractive than the central location despite being inherently ambiguous, because the agent knows it is ignorant and can resolve this through novelty exposure.finding0.696
  Demonstration that ignorance-driven novelty-seeking (not ambiguity avoidance) governs early exploration
• Simplistic criteria like provenance (factory or evolution) and anatomy (homology to humans) were never appropriate; they were heuristics suitable only for past limitations.claim0.696
  Rejection of traditional provenance/anatomy criteria.
• Eames and Saarinen's mobile lounge — a new center — transformed the functional organization and experience of Dulles airportfinding0.693
  Example showing how a single new center can redefine how a large building type works