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method:guna-tile-stacked-vaultGuna-Tile Stacked Vault
Alexander's 1961 invention using conical clay tiles stacked and riffled like a deck of cards to form near-spherical vaults without wood formwork.
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- field of centersimplementsThe overall configuration of interrelated centers that constitutes a whole.
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- Alexander's first architectural project, built at age 24 in a village in Gujarat, India, inventing the guna-tile vault technique.
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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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