"The more living patterns there are in a place – a room, a building, or a town – the more it comes to life as an entirety, the more it glows, the more it has that self-maintaining fire which is the quality without a name."
- Christopher AlexanderProminent author and architect Christopher Alexander noted that environments with a variety of components often flourish. Similar to how a garden with a wide variety of plants can be more lively than one with just a few, a room or town with a variety of elements, like different areas for rest, work,…