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Samoan 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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Concepts (1)

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  • An ordering of patterns and transformations that, when followed, can conjure up a whole geometric world

Chapters (1)

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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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