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How can human beings implement a geometrical differentiating process successfully?

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Unless we have a form language that supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.
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Central thesis of the chapter: form language is a prerequisite for living structure.

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Chapter 16: Form Language And Style
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The chapter argues that creating living structure requires a form language, and proposes that the fifteen structure-preserving transformations can serve as the basis for such a language.

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The geometric process of differentiation is the necessary underpinning of any building which is functionally well-adapted to its terrain.claim0.803
Links unfolding to functional adaptation, not just aesthetics.
Differentiation as geometric generationconcept0.799
The process through which form is created by successive differentiating operations, not by adding parts.
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.claim0.792
A formal principle of the living process that uniqueness emerges from successive differentiation.
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?question0.775
The open question that the chapter leaves for future investigation across multiple domains
Differentiating Space Proceduremethod0.769
A layout method where objects are shaped by subdividing the space to fit, rather than arranging fixed modules.
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.claim0.766
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.claim0.765
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.hypothesis0.763
Extends the brutal geometry thesis beyond architecture into all creative and social domains; acknowledged as not yet confirmed with certainty