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What is POSITIVE SPACE? What is it like when space becomes positive? How do you recognize positive space when you see it?

Opening question of section 2, seeking to define positive space.

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Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped, just as a room is shaped.
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Fundamental definition of positive space as room-like enclosure.

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The property that every bit of space swells outward, is substantial in itself, and is never the leftover from an adjacent shape; every single part of space has positive shape as a center with no amorphous meaningless leftovers

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How do you then, make this positive space?question0.801
Question bridging the definition of positive space to its method of creation.
Positive-Space Transformationconcept0.796
A transformation that creates new centers in the spaces between other centers, making every bit of space positive.
Always, you are trying to make positive space.claim0.795
Guiding principle for arranging structures in a garden.
When something works, or is functional, its space is awakened to a very high degree. It becomes alive. The space itself becomes alive.claim0.786
Core thesis of the chapter: function is an awakening of the spatial medium.
Space Coming to Lifeconcept0.777
The notion that space itself can become alive as a center emerges; a premise of the theory that is puzzling from a physics standpoint.
What is this life which happens in space as space 'comes to life'?question0.770
Central question about the nature of the awakening phenomenon.
What is it? What is this thing which happens as space comes to life? What is the life of a center, which then multiplies and blossoms to form the life of buildings, ornaments ... and perhaps even the life of living things?question0.766
The fundamental unanswered question about the nature of life in space that the chapter addresses.
Positive space is common in natural wholes where both figures and interstitial spaces form positive shapes, as in bubbles, crazing, and crystal growth.claim0.761