High-speed photography of glass shattering shows that the winged shear zone originates from a tiny crack and develops smoothly from the existing configuration in microsecond steps, not abruptly.

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• The Texas window design demonstrated morphogenesis by step‑by‑step adaptation using surveyor's tape.claim0.750
  Modern example that the morphogenetic approach can still be applied today.
• We hypothesize that a similar 'brutal' and purely geometric process always occurs somewhere in other kinds of unfolding that generate living order — in poetry, dance, social structure, planning, and family relationships.hypothesis0.745
  Extends the brutal geometry thesis beyond architecture into all creative and social domains; acknowledged as not yet confirmed with certainty
• Wind-blown sand ridges form with apparent wavelength equal to the distance an average grain is carried by wind; identical irregularity is then duplicated downwind, creating alternating repetition by a purely local mechanical process.finding0.730
  Classic mechanical explanation for alternating repetition in sand, used as a case where local mechanics suffices but cannot generalize
• Why does the principle that creates living structure sometimes break down at the macroscopic scale of modern building production?question0.729
  Alexander's puzzle about why a natural principle fails in human design contexts, requiring explanation
• An unfolding process, if faithfully applied, will dissolve any arbitrary initial image because reality and common sense will override it.claim0.726
  Key principle about images vs. unfolding.
• The gist of the process, what I call the formal or brutal process, lies in the use of very simple geometry, first introduced with force, after one makes sure that the inspiration has arisen from the place, and from the introduction, then, of just enough syncopation into the order, so that it truly fits the necessities of site and place and time, without doing violence to them.claim0.726
  Summarizes the brutal process as force-first geometry, then syncopated adaptation to fit context without violence
• If the builder consistently uses the emerging feeling of the whole as the origin of his insight, then this is tantamount to a natural process of structure-preserving unfolding.hypothesis0.725
• Simple, intentionally rough paper and cardboard models that can be rapidly torn, cut, and patched provide a practical way to evolve design through feedback.claim0.722
  Proposed practical method for achieving step-by-step feedback in design.