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quote:it-is-my-contention-that-the-shapes-of-a-truly-living-architecture-can-only-be-of-this-nature-they-must-have-been-created-step-by-step-dynamically-both-while-they-were-being-thought-out-and-while-they-were-being-madeIt is my contention that the shapes of a truly living architecture… can only be of this nature. They must have been created step by step—dynamically—both while they were being thought out and while they were being made.
Key normative claim about the geometric requirement for living architecture.
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- Chapter 8: Step-By-Step AdaptationintroducesThe chapter argues that all living processes must proceed step by step with feedback, and that modern architecture fails because it lacks this core.
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- Universal claim about all living architecture.
- The need for a new kind of process in society.
- In-principle impossibility claim.
- Core thesis of Book 2, stated at the transition to Part Two.
- Contrast between living process and current architectural practice.
- Observation about the Golden Gate Bridge, supporting that process can generate form.
- Beauty and geometry are the talisman by which a living process is known.