Crown Structure (Shaker Room)

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• The compelling and driving force behind the Shakers' idea of the hanging chairs was the creation of the crown structure of centers with a pure spiritual light.claim0.727
  Rejects the purely mechanistic explanation of Shaker practicality; centers came first.
• The room sticks out and claims a substantial part of the perimeter, beginning to shape the building around the room.claim0.691
  How a room's need for light and view determines the building envelope.
• Each room has four main stages to its unfolding: position, main centers, fine structure, tranquility.claim0.689
  The structural thesis of the chapter.
• The Sapporo building design used twenty enormous column clusters running through all ten floors, each cluster splitting into four smaller columns at upper floors with archways passing through the openings.finding0.686
  Specific structural finding: the four-column cluster system enabled both rigidity and floor-by-floor flexibility
• The Northumberland house has living structure solidly built throughout its fabric, each part being a profound and living center.claim0.685
  Affirmation of traditional building as exemplar of living structure.
• The design of the Medlock living room started with its position at the end of a string of beads, then added alcove, fireplace, proportioned windows, bookcases, and ceiling grid.claim0.685
  Step-by-step description of how the living room achieved life.
• Each of the four examples (doll, Julian Street Inn, West Dean bench, Linz alcoves) has the minimal structure for its situation that carries weight of feeling.claim0.679
• A small center, like a chamfered corner or a crown molding color, can help the life of a much larger center.claim0.678