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concept:cultural-centers-in-spaceCultural centers in space
Cultures generate characteristic centers (e.g., people sitting on the ground in India) that define the feel and life of a place.
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- Wholeness And The Theory Of CentersintroducesThe chapter that introduces the fundamental concepts of wholeness and centers, laying the groundwork for understanding life in buildings.
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- Coherent spatial wholes that emerge from living processes; they are the building blocks of environments that foster belonging
- Ontological claim that centers, not particles or parts, are the building blocks of all phenomena.
- The key interior centers—often near light and quiet from movement—that define the room's life.
- Configurational entities existing implicitly in a structure; guide perception and generation of next morphogenetic step; exemplified in St Mark's square cycles.
- Primary entities of wholeness that arise from configurations and are activated in space; they have different levels of strength or coherence and are intensified by relationships with other centers.
- Example: a public building where local control produces authentic differentiation and joy.