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Fifteen Fundamental Properties (2022)
A visual collection of fundamental properties of wholeness as introduced by architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander
Wholeness emerges from reflecting the interfaces of individual elements as ambiguous and transitory boundaries – harmoniously binding and linking, but also apruptly distancing and separating. The introduction of "imperfect similarity" and subtle variations gives light to personality and allows conforming to conditions of the external environment. Wholeness emerges from balancing concentrated structures with emptiness – the quiet void serving both as foundation for and contradiction to the "delirious detail".
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