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concept:julian-street-inn-shelter-for-the-homeless-san-joseJulian Street Inn (Shelter for the Homeless, San Jose)
Building by Alexander cited as a case where every symmetry is necessary, creating groundedness.
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Claims (3)
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- Practical claim about the disproportionate impact of focused specialty work.
Concepts (1)
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- everything necessary qualityassociated_withA building quality where every element present is exactly what is necessary, nothing superfluous, inducing groundedness and wholeness.
Quotes (1)
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- A remark from a man staying at the Julian Street Inn, illustrating the 'everything necessary' quality.
Artifacts (1)
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- A memorandum by Christopher Alexander to Al deLudovico detailing twelve examples of extraordinary care in the Julian Street Inn construction.
Chapters (1)
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- The working unit chapter that presents Alexander's method for generating large public buildings through living process, illustrated by six major projects.
Related by similarity (5)
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- Comparative question contrasting successful living process with postmodern failure.
- Contrastive evaluation showing success of the living process.
- Interpretation of the homeless man's observation that all parts felt necessary.
- Empirical claim about the density of living centers achieved through hand-crafted design iterative process.
- Agency that requested a beautiful gateway building for the Julian Street Inn site.