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framework:smooth-unfolding-of-constructionSmooth Unfolding of Construction
A construction paradigm in which each operation naturally generates the next, producing unique adaptation without complex drawings.
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Methods (2)
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- Specially fabricated interlocking blocks used in the Mexicali housing project enabling a smooth unfolding construction sequence without drawings.
- Basket Vault with Lightweight ConcreteimplementsA vault formed by weaving lattice strips over a room span, stapling burlap and chicken wire, then applying thin lightweight concrete shells in sequence.
Concepts (2)
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- Living processextendsA generative process that repeatedly applies the fundamental process to create uniqueness and belonging in the environment
- Construction Unfolding Without Drawingsassociated_withThe property of smooth-unfolding processes where each operation is sufficiently defined by the context of previous operations, eliminating need for complex pre-specifications.
Frameworks (1)
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- Process-Based Construction MethodsimplementsAlexander's proposed approach using high technology to provide processes (not components) that create sophisticated elements cheaply while fitting local circumstance.
Chapters (1)
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- Chapter 16: How Living Process Should Inspire — Continuous Invention of New Materials and TechniquesintroducesThe working unit under analysis; Alexander argues for inventing new construction techniques that support living process and adaptation.
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- Cameroon mud-hut unfolding process probeintroducesAlexander uses this example to give the reader a felt experience of the smooth-unfolding paradigm he wants to achieve with modern technology.
Hypotheses (1)
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- Alexander's programmatic hypothesis framing the 21st-century construction research agenda.
Related by similarity (8)
cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- The process by which wholeness is continuously extended through structure-preserving steps without breaking the existing structure.
- The characteristic that successive states in any natural developmental sequence are so alike as to be hardly distinguishable, even when overall change is enormous
- 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
- The gradual, incremental application of transformations that characterizes living process.
- A custom computer tool used to draw lines on a photograph iteratively, testing structure-preserving transformations.
- Step-by-step method where each decision preserves the existing structure and deepens harmony.
- The step-by-step method of making in which each act is consistent with and extends the existing wholeness; the core mechanism that generates living structure, described in Book 2.