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What can we do, if this quality is necessary for living structure, and how might we attain it in our era? Is there a new way in which we can reach the real article?

The pragmatic, forward‑looking question about how to translate the insight into a viable contemporary practice.

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The deepest living structure in buildings is not attainable without some new understanding, without a new faith based on a new physical and intellectual grasp of the nature of the material universe.
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A strong conditional: the creation of the highest living structure requires a cosmology that reunites self and matter in terms consistent with modern science.
To create living structure we must find our own contemporary version of the I—a new vision of the universe in which meaning exists, relatedness and self have a primary place, and which is as real for us as God was in Mozart's heart.
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The central challenge of the chapter: we need a new cosmology with the same existential weight as historical religion.

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Unless we have a form language which supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.quote0.823
Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.
Unless we have a form language that supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.claim0.820
Central thesis of the chapter: form language is a prerequisite for living structure.
In order to achieve living structure, at a certain stage, it is necessary to seize hold of the building design and force it into an almost brutal, simple, massive geometric mold.claim0.810
The chapter's central thesis: brutal geometric imposition is a necessary phase in achieving living structure
Living structure is enormously susceptible to minor changes, and accuracy of detail is necessary for success.claim0.804
Warning that the recursion of centers requires extreme precision.
In order to create living structure, we must please ourselves.claim0.802
The central thesis of the chapter: pleasing yourself is the necessary and sufficient prescription for creating living structure.
The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.800
Even if all the conditions of chapters 6-15 are satisfied, it will still not be enough; without a form language that supports the living structure, the nearly-living process will fall down.claim0.795
Argues that living process alone is insufficient without a suitable form language.
Can there really be living structure in this modern world?question0.793
Rhetorical question underscoring the perceived incompatibility of modern production and living quality.