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concept:natural-building-movementNatural Building Movement
A trend toward using plentiful, cheap, and naturally available materials; Alexander acknowledges its positive aspects but critiques its archaic tendencies.
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- Chapter 16: How Living Process Should Inspire — Continuous Invention of New Materials and TechniquesmentionsThe working unit under analysis; Alexander argues for inventing new construction techniques that support living process and adaptation.
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- Use of locally available, untreated wood, rock, and plant material in restoration structures (principle 7).
- A process that aligns with innate human instincts and wisdom, often enhanced by incorporating the living process principles to become more deeply life-creating.
- LTPBR design principle emphasizing sustainable material choices over synthetic or energy-intensive construction.
- The 20th-century architectural movement that prioritized originality and broke with tradition, often structure-destroying.
- The opening question of the chapter that frames the entire practical inquiry into forging living centers.
- 1960–1980 psychological movement cited for the wisdom that health depends on accurate awareness of one's own inner feeling
- Alfred North Whitehead's term for the split between objective and subjective; Alexander claims living structure bridges this gap.
- Historical claim about traditional versus modern building.