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concept:green-gardensGreen (gardens)
The color representing private gardens and positive outdoor space in the four-fold pattern.
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
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- A conceptual scheme for analyzing and redesigning neighborhoods by balancing pedestrian space (yellow), gardens (green), buildings (gray), and car space (red).
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- Positive Spaceassociated_withThe property that every bit of space swells outward, is substantial in itself, and is never the leftover from an adjacent shape; every single part of space has positive shape as a center with no amorphous meaningless leftovers
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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.
- The ideal garden state where formality provides a backdrop for wild, unkempt growth, achieving a living quality.
- A small, private outdoor space belonging exclusively to one family, identified as highly desired.
- The inversion of typical priority: garden space should be shaped as strongly as (or stronger than) buildings.
- The view that a garden is an extension of the building into the land, made of steps, walls, fences, paths, seats, etc., not merely planting.
- Second opening question, broadening the chapter's scope.
- A sustainability metric describing materials with long life, least energy drain, renewable resources, biodegradability, and good insulation; Alexander argues it is insufficient for living architecture.