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method:samoan-canoe-chant-generative-sequenceSamoan Canoe Chant Generative Sequence
A traditional Samoan chant listing the operational steps to build a war canoe, illustrating how a fixed generative sequence guarantees coherent form while allowing unique adaptations to each context.
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- Generative sequenceimplementsAn ordering of patterns and transformations that, when followed, can conjure up a whole geometric world
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- The present chapter, arguing that generative sequences—a specific order of differentiation steps—are essential to the unfolding of living structure, and providing extended architectural examples.
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- The process-oriented approach of applying transformations incrementally over many years.
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- A repeatable sequence of steps using the fifteen transformations to build a highly regular aperiodic grid that fits decisions about volume and interior spaces; a general method for generating building form
- A 24-step generative sequence for designing a traditional Japanese tea house; the chapter uses it to demonstrate effortless unfolding when steps are in the right order.
- A system of sequences/rules that can generate well-adapted living plans, potentially implemented on computers to empower ordinary people.
- The initial sequence placing a prefabricated concrete plumbing core at the back of the lot; the least nice sequence in the draft evolution.
- Refutes the charge that generative sequences produce uniform results; the Pasadena examples show organic variety without modular repetition.
- A short micro-lending sequence: lend small amounts without collateral within a face-to-face community, based on trust and intuitive feeling.