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claim:the-wholeness-of-the-eurostar-site-is-reinforced-and-strengthened-by-the-presence-of-the-wonderful-roof-even-though-the-construction-detail-lacks-feelingThe wholeness of the Eurostar site is reinforced and strengthened by the presence of the wonderful roof, even though the construction detail lacks feeling.
Assessment that technical adaptation can still support wholeness, showing principles are not style-specific.
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- The working unit chapter that presents Alexander's method for generating large public buildings through living process, illustrated by six major projects.
Related by similarity (8)
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- A conditional rule for the unfolding process.
- Summary of the geometric invariants that result from living process in large buildings.
- The core aesthetic principle driving the structural design process.
- The land itself, and our love for it, is enough to give the actual building volumes their shape.claim0.734If the volumes genuinely help the land, they become more graceful, serious, and differentiated.
- Strong claim that life/beauty is an objective property of the wholeness structure.
- Alexander's assertion that judgments about whether interventions preserve wholeness are structural and mathematical rather than subjective or romantic.