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The smallest centers play a key role in the intensity of medium-sized centers, which then establish the intensity of the largest ones.

Hierarchy of centers determines overall life.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Cornice profiles C and D more effectively connect wall and roof centers
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Analysis of four cornice cross sections showed C and D create gradient pointing upward/downward, better intensifying wall and roof; definitive judgment requires full-scale mockup.

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How Living Process Generates The Process Of Construction
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Chapter 15 of Vol. 3, arguing that the living quality of buildings depends on a process of making that allows continuous feedback and adaptation.

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Centers become most intense when the centers they are made of help each other.claim0.817
The condition for maximum life in a center.
Many good rooms will have minor centers of a similar kind, supporting the main center and placed near windows or focal points.claim0.803
The role of subsidiary centers.
Strong centers occur throughout the physical world, from splashing drops to galaxies, with many processes radiating from central nodes.claim0.800
minor centers supporting the main centerconcept0.799
Subsidiary centers that reinforce the main center of a room, often near windows or focal points.
The centers which bring life to a room are larger features which lie beyond the boundary of the room.claim0.797
A key insight about position and context.
The more centers are packed and overlapped, each helping and intensifying the others, the more an object comes to life.claim0.795
The formula for profound life, as seen in the Temple of Hera.
Centers within a whole intensify each other, resulting in a profound and lively whole.claim0.795
Alexander's core mechanism explaining how the Fifteen Properties function to create living wholes.
In buildings, especially, the success of the process will be judged by the extent to which these middle-range entities appear with their own distinct symmetries, with their own definite and distinct force as strong centers.claim0.792
Proposes middle-range entity quality as the criterion for judging the success of a building process