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concept:mass-produced-environment-mass-housing-offices-hotels-retailMass-produced environment (mass housing, offices, hotels, retail)
The prevailing 20th-century model of development characterized by uniformity and lack of personal connection
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
Artifacts (2)
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- Typical profit-driven building that deprives inhabitants of humanity; the norm, not an exception
- Example of not-belonging: cold, well-designed but alienating modern construction
Chapters (1)
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- Belonging And Not-BelongingmentionsChapter 1 of Volume 3, introducing the concepts of belonging and not-belonging in the built environment
Related by similarity (8)
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.
- 20th-century production method creating many identical components, often at the cost of adaptation and life.
- The physical or conceptual space where loose parts are situated.
- The felt quality of wholeness and adaptation that makes a place truly sustainable and nourishing.
- Slogan attributed to Le Corbusier, cited as an artistic justification for machine-like building process.
- Necessary minute adaptations cannot be achieved with standardized components.
- Opening claim about the importance of room character.
- Idea emphasised in the article that the design and construction process, not just the final form, determines architectural quality.
- The diverse materials, shapes, phenomena, media, sounds, etc. that constitute loose parts and drive inventiveness.