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This is the only building I have ever been in, where absolutely everything is necessary.

Spontaneous testimony from a homeless man staying at the Julian Street Inn, highlighting the perceived integral necessity of all details.

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In the Julian Street Inn, all ornamental details are necessary because they contribute to the wholeness and make the larger wholes work better.
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Interpretation of the homeless man's observation that all parts felt necessary.

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This is the only building I have ever been in where everything — I mean really everything — is necessary.quote0.955
A remark from a man staying at the Julian Street Inn, illustrating the 'everything necessary' quality.
To be whole, a building must be 'lost' in its surroundings—not separate, but part and parcel of them.claim0.798
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The building as a whole is virtually pure art.claim0.784
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The whole building is an ornament, not something that has ornament added to it.claim0.772
A fundamental redefinition of ornament: the entire building, in its microstructure, is an ornament.
IN A BUILDING WHICH HAS LIFE, WHATEVER IS MADE IS ALWAYS THE SIMPLEST THING CONSISTENT WITH ITS NECESSITIES OF FEELING AND WITH THE CLOSE AND CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TO FEELING WHILE IT EVOLVES INTO FORM. THIS, I THINK, IS THE CLOSEST I CAN COME TO DESCRIBING THE CORE OF ARCHITECTURE.quote0.770
The opening manifesto of the chapter, encapsulating the essence.
The building must not shout. Emotionally, it must be completely quiet.quote0.764
Succinct description of the required emotional state of a living building.
I feel the WHOLE building as an ornament. ... the whole building is an ornament—whose rooms, passages, staircases, windows, ceilings, paving, benches, lamps are all extensions, pieces of that ornament.quote0.763
Load-bearing articulation of Alexander's redefinition of ornament.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.quote0.761
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