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concept:local-autonomous-adaptationLocal autonomous adaptation
The principle that decision-making about centers must be decentralized to the people closest to them to achieve a living environment.
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- The continuous adjustment of form to context, a hallmark of morphogenesis and the source of living order.
- Weathering, leaning, and environmental adaptation that gives a fence or object more life.
- The process by which a form responds to its unique local conditions, leading to uniqueness.
- Real, non-stochastic adaptation where each piece is uniquely shaped to its place, not randomly varied.
- The process of shaping each new construction element in direct response to the hollows, slopes, trees, paths, and other features of real land — not through construction drawings.
- The incremental unfolding characteristic of morphogenesis, where each step arises from the previous state.
- The ultimate goal of participation: an environment so deeply fitted to its users that genuine satisfaction and life emerge
- A psychological capacity for self-government, enabling an individual to be the author of her own thoughts and actions.