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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.

Extends the brutal geometry thesis beyond architecture into all creative and social domains; acknowledged as not yet confirmed with certainty

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What seems like an imposition of geometry is necessary as a part of every living process.
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The chapter's most expansive claim: geometric imposition is universal across all living processes, not just buildings

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Does this formal creation of geometry really apply to other living processes? Does it apply to the formation of a community? Does it apply to the creation of a human group; does it apply to the brushwork of a delicate painting? Or to the construction of a song played by a flute?
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The open question that the chapter leaves for future investigation across multiple domains

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All living processes use unfolding to create geometric order.claim0.867
Universal claim extending the unfolding-and-geometry principle beyond buildings to all living systems
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.claim0.857
Summarizes the brutal process as force-first geometry, then syncopated adaptation to fit context without violence
We cannot create living order only by concentrating on appearance; we must characterize the geometry that comes from living process.claim0.849
All living processes are governed by the emergence of a special recognizable geometry that shows feeling and life.claim0.845
Under a living process, as unfolding proceeds, the relative areas of these four components need to remain almost equal.claim0.838
Invariant that living process maintains percentage balance.
If it is a living process, it will create beautiful geometric structure. If it does not create beautiful structure, it cannot truly be a living process.claim0.835
Beauty and geometry are the talisman by which a living process is known.
A living process is always natural, similar to the best kind of natural process, but it goes deeper and includes additional centers that naive natural process may miss.claim0.831
Positions living process as an refined version of innate human creativity, not an artificial imposition.
The kind of order that occurs in living structure has a complexity not usually describable by drawings or by architectural images.claim0.831
Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.