Ornament

The decorative, formal beauty of a thing, shown to be inseparable from function.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

claim

Ornament and function are simply two versions of one more general phenomenon.
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The conclusion of the argument that no real separation exists.

concept

field of centers
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The overall configuration of interrelated centers that constitutes a whole.
Unfolding
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The step-by-step process through which coherent geometric order emerges from a whole, preserving structure at each step; the fundamental dynamic of all living processes
Latent Centers
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Configurational entities existing implicitly in a structure; guide perception and generation of next morphogenetic step; exemplified in St Mark's square cycles.

chapter

Chapter 18: How Living Process Inevitably Generates
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The current chapter, arguing that ornament arises naturally from the living process of unfolding a field of centers.

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Ornament sequencemethod0.847
A step-by-step sequence (posted on patternlanguage.com) for generating ornament from large centers to fine detail while preserving the whole.
ornament (as whole-building quality)concept0.829
Not an applied decoration, but the inherent beauty of a building's geometric structure; the building itself as ornament.
Ornament as profound artconcept0.793
The view that ornament is not trivial but a deep, organizing principle that makes a building a living thing, an ornament in the highest sense.
separation of ornament and functionconcept0.792
The cosmological assumption that ornament and function in a building are separate, with function being mechanical and ornament arbitrary, stemming from mechanism.
Ornament is not trivial; it summarizes everything about living structure within its laws.claim0.787
Claim that understanding ornament means understanding the principles of living structure.
Above all, then, a building is an ornament.claim0.785
Radical claim that the highest function of a building is to be an ornament in the profound sense.
Ornament is not extra or extraneous; it is a necessary continuation of the same process of completing the field of centersclaim0.780
Rejects the distinction between function and ornament; ornament is simply the smaller stuff created at the last stage to perfect the field.
Ornament and function are indistinguishable.claim0.777
New cosmological assumption #6: both are aspects of the field of centers.