Centeredness

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• centered (living geometry)concept0.834
  The quality of a geometry that has life, characterized by strong centers; the talisman for recognizing living structure.
• Wholeness and Centersframework0.812
  Overarching conceptual scheme from The Nature of Order where a whole makes its parts, which are called centers, and centers intensify each other.
• Centers are above all, labile, they are foci of wholeness, they are not things, but regions, qualities, focal points of centeredness.quote0.780
  Key definition capturing the non-atomic, relational nature of centers as fields rather than objects.
• What exactly is a center?question0.770
  The fundamental question about the nature of centers, addressed through recursive definition.
• Wholeness as Nested System of Centersframework0.769
  Alexander's quasi-mathematical definition of wholeness as a recursively nested system of living centers displaying local symmetries, approximating the overall gestalt of a configuration
• What, then, is a center?question0.766
  Question posed after describing the plenum, answered by the window metaphor.
• A real center starts many diameters outside its skin or boundary; the structure beyond contributes to the centeredness.claim0.765
  Key property of authentic centers; they are not isolated objects but embedded in a larger field.
• Preciousness of Centersconcept0.763
  The quality of a center that intensifies when it helps a larger center; the vital core of every center.