The phenomenon of life An essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe
Book - 2002
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- Published
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Berkeley, Calif. :
Center for Environmental Structure
[2002]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Physical Description
- x, 476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780972652919
9780972652902
- Book 1. The Phenomenon of Life
- Prologue to Books 1-4
- The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe
- Preface
- Part 1.
- 1.. The Phenomenon of Life
- 2.. Degrees of Life
- 3.. Wholeness and the Theory of Centers
- 4.. How Life Comes From Wholeness
- 5.. Fifteen Fundamental Properties
- 6.. The Fifteen Properties in Nature
- Part 2.
- 7.. The Personal Nature of Order
- 8.. The Mirror of the Self
- 9.. Beyond Descartes: A New Form of Scientific Observation
- 10.. The Impact of Living Structure on Human Life
- 11.. The Awakening of Space
- Conclusion
- Appendices. Mathematical Aspects of Wholeness and Living Structure
- Book 2. The Process of Creating Life
- Preface: On Process
- Part 1. Structure-Preserving Transformations
- 1.. The Principle of Unfolding Wholeness
- 2.. Structure-Preserving Transformations
- 3.. Structure-Preserving Transformations in Traditional Society
- 4.. Structure-Destroying Transformations in Modern Society
- Interlude
- 5.. Living Process in the Modern Era: Twentieth-Century Cases Where Living Process Did Occur
- Part 2. Living Processes
- 6.. Generated Structures
- 7.. A Fundamental Differentiating Process
- 8.. Step-by-Step Adaptation
- 9.. Always Helping to Enhance the Whole
- 10.. Always Making Centers
- 11.. The Sequence of Unfolding
- 12.. Every Part Unique
- 13.. Patterns: Rules for Making Centers
- 14.. Deep Feeling
- 15.. Emergence of Formal Geometry
- 16.. Form Language
- 17.. Simplicity
- Part 3. A New Paradigm for Process in Society
- 18.. The Character of Process in Society
- 19.. Massive Process Difficulties
- 20.. The Spread of Living Processes Throughout Society
- 21.. The Architect in the Third Millenium
- Conclusion
- Appendix. An Example of a Living Process: Building a House
- Book 3. A Vision of a Living World
- Preface: The Fundamental Process Repeated Ten Million Times
- Part 1.
- 1.. Our Belonging to the World
- 2.. Our Belonging to the World: Part Two
- Part 2.
- 3.. The Hulls of Public Space
- 4.. The Form of Public Buildings
- 5.. Production of Giant Projects
- 6.. The Positive Pattern of Space and Volume in Three Dimensions on the Land
- 7.. Positive Space in Structure and Materials
- 8.. The Character of Gardens
- Part 3.
- 9.. Forming a Collective Vision for a Neighborhood
- 10.. Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood
- 11.. High Density Housing
- 12.. Further Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood
- Part 4.
- 13.. The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds
- 14.. The Character of Rooms
- Part 5.
- 15.. Construction Elements as Living Centers
- 16.. All Building as Making
- 17.. Active Invention of New Building Techniques
- Part 6.
- 18.. Ornament as a Part of All Unfolding
- 19.. Color Which Unfolds From the Configuration
- Epilogue: The Morphology of Living Architecture Archetypal Form
- Conclusion: The World Created and Transformed
- Book 4. The Luminous Ground
- Preface: Towards a New Conception of the Nature of Matter
- Part 1.
- 1.. Our Present Picture of the Universe
- 2.. Clues From the History of Art
- 3.. The Existence of an "I"
- 4.. The Ten Thousand Beings
- 5.. The Practical Matter of Forging a Living Center
- Mid-Book Appendix: Recapitulation of the Argument
- Part 2.
- 6.. The Blazing One
- 7.. Color and Inner Light
- 8.. The Goal of Tears
- 9.. Making Wholeness Heals the Maker
- 10.. Pleasing Yourself
- 11.. The Face of God
- Conclusion to the Four Books
- A Modified Picture of the Universe
- Epilogue: Empirical Certainty and Enduring Doubt
- Acknowledgements