The main job the buildings have is to form the space.

Key principle that buildings are instruments to create positive outdoor space, not objects in themselves.

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Adding a secondary system of narrow connecting streets and paths made every bit of space more animated (Parkstadt model)
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Working with the model of space alone at Parkstadt, introducing smaller passages connecting courtyards into a coherent secondary grid increased life and spatial animation throughout.

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IT IS THE LAND WHICH MATTERS. The purpose of the buildings is to bring life to the land.claim0.817
The building volumes are merely tools; the land and its space, as activated, are what really matter.
The main job of any task of creating centers is always to melt away the divisions between things, unifying space through interlocking centers.claim0.814
Central insight from the tile design narrative, applicable to all center-making.
It is the space which comes to life. All that we do, as architects, is then to arrange and rearrange this living space, in such a way as to intensify its life.claim0.805
Synthetic statement that architecture is the art of awakening space.
The task of building is to produce a field of centers which makes itself completeclaim0.802
Defines the ultimate aim of building, providing the framework for understanding ornament.
The task of architecture—building—directly impacts the wholeness of the world, increasing or destroying living structure on a planetary scale.claim0.787
Result of the new view: architecture becomes a vital ecological and existential issue.
It is, ultimately, the process, not the design, which gives life to a building.claim0.784
Emphasizes process over blueprint.
"Remember that each building exists mainly to activate the land."quote0.769
A summarizing heading that serves as a load-bearing aphorism for the whole chapter.
Space is a material whose most important feature is its capacity to form centers.claim0.765
Reiteration of a key premise from Book 1 within the new metaphysical framework.