structure-destroying modernity

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• Structure-destroying transformationsconcept0.827
  Transformations that break the wholeness, creating jaggedness and preventing life; cannot reach the descendants of nothingness.
• The existence of structure-destroying transformations as a social norm is linked to a breakdown in the perception of wholeness itself.claim0.798
  Causal link between perception and destruction.
• cancer of structure destructionconcept0.793
  Metaphor: when the structure-preserving rule is violated, chaos and harm spread like cancer.
• The machine-like processes of modern society (planning, budgeting, contracting) are the primary cause of structure-destroying forms, not architects alone.claim0.792
  Systemic blame.
• The problem of structure-destroying transformations applies both to a building's relation to its surroundings and to the interior structure of the building itself.claim0.772
  Scope of the problem.
• After 1900, a variety of modern building processes came into use that are not structure-preserving—some accidentally structure-destroying, others actively promoting ugliness for profit.claim0.769
  Historical shift.
• The modern process of development has all but destroyed our capacity to create living structure in the world.claim0.767
  Alexander's conclusion that the profit-driven, remote development model is fundamentally anti-life.
• The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.744