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concept:city-country-fingers-apl-patternCity Country Fingers (APL pattern)
APL pattern calling for alternation of city and countryside, referenced as an example of deep interlock and ambiguity at regional scale and alternating repetition
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
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- The chapter that catalogs and analyzes the fifteen recurrent geometric properties found in systems that have life, connecting them to the deeper theory of centers and wholeness
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
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- APL pattern on using small trim pieces to set a hierarchy of levels in finish work, cover cracks, and make finishing more practical—an example of levels of scale in construction
- APL pattern giving detailed functional arguments for positive space effects in outdoor environments
- APL pattern introducing subtle roughness into view relationships for best functional effect
- APL pattern requiring a fireplace or equivalent as nucleus of a main living room, referenced as an example of strong centers and contrast
- APL pattern requiring a focus approximately in the middle of a square, demonstrating roughness by allowing the position to meet other important criteria rather than being perfectly centered