Part 2

We cannot have our own belonging to the world if the buildings we make do not belong to the land. Their belonging is essential to our belonging, whether in towns or in the country.

Throughout these five chapters the basic theme is the positive character of living space and the fact that this positive quality of space is the single most important and most tangible result of living processes at work. It is, also, the one that has the greatest effect on our belonging to the world.

Chapter 3: The hulls of public space

• Creation of coherent structure in what is the now-damaged core of nearly every urban area
• Structure of public space — continuous, pleasant, connected, and above all, positive — which forms the backbone of a living city

Chapter 4: The form of public buildings

• How the largest buildings conceived within the framework of a living process take shape: their geometric style and structure

Chapter 5: A positive pattern of space and volume in three dimensions on the land

• How living processes place each building into the fabric of the land to enhance the whole

Chapter 6: Positive space in engineering structure and geometry

• The impact of living process (repeated use of the fundamental process) on the interior mass and space of buildings, and especially the engineering structure of the buildings

Chapter 7: The character of gardens

• How gardens are made to form positive space between buildings
• Their inherent wildness, which makes them part of nature, and part of a person’s heart desire

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