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A living daffodil must grow step by step, not be assembled atom-by-atom; the growth process is the secret.
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- The chapter argues that all living processes must proceed step by step with feedback, and that modern architecture fails because it lacks this core.
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- The step-by-step process through which coherent geometric order emerges from a whole, preserving structure at each step; the fundamental dynamic of all living processes
- The gradual, incremental application of transformations that characterizes living process.
- The process by which new centers emerge naturally from existing ones without forcing; the essence of morphogenetic sequences.
- All acts of making, including drawing, can be done through the fundamental process.
- The process by which patterns are used sequentially in design, combining and recombining to generate living centers
- Alexander claims Book 2's unfolding process is a consequence of people learning to please themselves.
- Author's assessment that the discovered geometries can carry profound feeling.
- Key principle about images vs. unfolding.