To get it in meaningful fashion, again, as in the Indian village, people need to be in control — in control of their individual space, and in control of the public space.

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• Make every effort to allow the value of the indoor space—the rooms' tranquility, geometry, peacefulness—as much weight, money, and effort as the outdoors.claim0.772
  Corrective to the common neglect of interior quality.
• What matters, above all, is that the people themselves are in control of their environment.claim0.771
  The single most important prerequisite for achieving belonging
• Rules, laws, restrictions, are too exact, too restrictive to create living space; a shared vision is needed instead.claim0.770
  Argument that abstract codes cannot guarantee the emergence of shaped space with deep feeling.
• "Remember that each building exists mainly to activate the land."quote0.767
  A summarizing heading that serves as a load-bearing aphorism for the whole chapter.
• In order to create living structure, we must please ourselves.claim0.764
  The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
• Design alone cannot accomplish this. It needs a change in the way we make it possible for people to control the world around them.claim0.761
  Argues that spatial quality requires a shift in social process, not just architectural design
• Only when we make the personal decisions that go into creating a home or business can that place truly belong to us.claim0.759
  Argues that individual owner-building is necessary for genuine belonging.
• The public space needs to be made usable, every fifty feet a useful and beautiful place to be, and actually to be the living room of your society.claim0.758
  Prescribes a spatial rhythm for public space to fulfill its social function