Niceness of Sequence

A sequence of differentiations is nice when each step does something graspable, simple, beautiful to the product of previous steps; a nice sequence gives a nice form, and this niceness is perceptible in the finished work.

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A structure is truly generated, and perceived as having life, only when it has unfolded from a nice, beautiful sequence of differentiations.
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The most profound claim of the chapter: the niceness of the sequence is directly perceptible in the built form and is the ultimate source of living quality.

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Chapter 11: The Sequence Of Unfolding
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The present chapter, arguing that generative sequences—a specific order of differentiation steps—are essential to the unfolding of living structure, and providing extended architectural examples.

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The power and relaxedness that come from a proper sequence are immense.claim0.769
Concluding statement about the profound effect of sequence on the process and outcome of making.
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An ordering of patterns and transformations that, when followed, can conjure up a whole geometric world
network of sequencesconcept0.753
The interdependence of morphogenetic sequences, where each triggers others to repair the whole environment, analogous to arithmetic operations.
Step-by-step generative sequencemethod0.748
The process-oriented approach of applying transformations incrementally over many years.
Sequence of all structure-preserving transformations almost always beautiful; a single bad transformation causes ugliness and is hard to recover fromfinding0.733
In laboratory studies, repeated structure-preserving transformations led to beautiful results, while a single structure-destroying step disrupted the unfolding and proved very difficult to repair.
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A step-by-step sequence (posted on patternlanguage.com) for generating ornament from large centers to fine detail while preserving the whole.
For a given task, the number of all sequences which work is tiny by comparison with the huge number of all possible sequences; less than a trillionth of all 6 × 10^23 possible sequences actually work well enough.claim0.722
A combinatorial argument that good sequences are astronomically rare, emphasizing the difficulty of discovery.
Generative Sequence for Building Structureframework0.722
A repeatable sequence of steps using the fifteen transformations to build a highly regular aperiodic grid that fits decisions about volume and interior spaces; a general method for generating building form