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concept:order-general-mathematical-structure-of-spaceOrder (general mathematical structure of space)
A most general system of mathematical structures arising from the nature of space, which has degrees of life.
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- Low entropy, organized state; life maintains order by consuming negative entropy.
- The straight, orthogonal geometries that arise naturally from structural and functional forces in built forms.
- The definite, strong, often rectangular spatial order that emerges in a building through the imposition of the aperiodic grid; gives the building its force and depth
- Life is inherently not local; it connects the thing to the world beyond.
- Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.
- Opening question that drives the chapter's enquiry.
- Drucker argues that indentation, size, placement, and relative position create hierarchies not as moral values but as relational effects within a system.