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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?

The open question that the chapter leaves for future investigation across multiple domains

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

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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.claim0.840
Beauty and geometry are the talisman by which a living process is known.
We cannot create living order only by concentrating on appearance; we must characterize the geometry that comes from living process.claim0.821
In general, the geometry will be created by differentiation, not by addition or accretion; the parts are given their dimensions by differentiating operations within the spatial shell.claim0.814
A formal principle of the living process that uniqueness emerges from successive differentiation.
If a building is made by a process that allows fine adaptation through feedback, it will have life; if built from fixed drawings, it will not.hypothesis0.814
Predictive conditional summarizing the chapter's argument.
All living processes are governed by the emergence of a special recognizable geometry that shows feeling and life.claim0.812
When living processes are applied systematically to the public space in a human community, they will generate a system of articulated, useful, coherent, and mainly pedestrian spaces.claim0.807
Core claim about the generative power of living process on public space.
The geometry of living structure is markedly different in kind from the geometry of design done on a drawing board or on a computer.claim0.805
Fundamental distinction between generated and static geometry.
The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.805