The space in the angle between the wall surface and the overhanging top is itself a center, and must be made as positive and being-like as possible.

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• The centers which bring life to a room are larger features which lie beyond the boundary of the room.claim0.800
  A key insight about position and context.
• Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped, just as a room is shaped.claim0.795
  Fundamental definition of positive space as room-like enclosure.
• Usually the main center of a room is defined by two things: it is a quiet spot in the pattern of movement and a place near the light.claim0.793
  Operational definition of a room's main center.
• The room sticks out and claims a substantial part of the perimeter, beginning to shape the building around the room.claim0.785
  How a room's need for light and view determines the building envelope.
• The appearance of this invisible and useful center at the core of every room is the most subtle invariant.claim0.781
  Underlines the difficulty and importance of the focal center.
• A real center starts many diameters outside its skin or boundary; the structure beyond contributes to the centeredness.claim0.779
  Key property of authentic centers; they are not isolated objects but embedded in a larger field.
• Centers are above all, labile, they are foci of wholeness, they are not things, but regions, qualities, focal points of centeredness.quote0.778
  Key definition capturing the non-atomic, relational nature of centers as fields rather than objects.
• The building as a whole, its feeling, will largely hinge on the way in which it is a beautiful, pure pattern in which solid elements and open elements, volumes, spaces, voids, and solid cores of material, together form a satisfying pattern of centers.quote0.778
  The core aesthetic principle driving the structural design process.