[…] the idea that a whole makes its parts, rather than the idea that a Whole Consists of Parts.
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Understanding Christopher Alexander’s Fifteen Properties via Visualization and Analysis. pdf 
> Tahaski & Shingo 2014: To show the interaction of the fifteen properties, we use correspondence analysis, a statistical technique providing graphic representation. Then, we map the illustration of each property on a plot of the correspondence analysis. We anticipate that these illustrations and plots will help a broad audience to conceptualize the fifteen properties.
Christopher Alexander defines the concepts of wholeness and centers in his book The Nature of Order, and emphasizes the idea that a whole makes its parts, rather than the idea that a whole consists of parts. To clarify the difference, he calls the Parts Made by a Whole as “Centers.”
See also: Function, ornament, structure
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