Working References to Explanations and Examples in Nature of Order

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TOPIC     POSITIVE SPACE

BOOK 1
Chapter  5	Pages 173-78: Definition of positive space as one of the fifteen properties.
Chapter  6	Pages 261-63: Examples of positive space as it occurs in nature.
Chapter  8	Pages 325-50: The mirror of the self. Positive space as one of the qualities that helps a person form a human bond with a place.

BOOK 2
Chapter  1	Pages 15-50: Overview
Chapter  2	Pages 69 and 78: Transformations generating positive space.
Chapter  6	Pages 182-9: Example of positive space appearing, by itself, in an evolving neighborhood, when people are paying attention to subtle details as things are built.
Chapter  7	Pages 211-13: Example of positive space appearing, step by step, in an evolving house design.
Chapter  8	Pages 232-4: Step by step process of creating positive space
Chapter  9	Pages 251-55: Sequence of transformations from 560 AD to 1550 AD, generating the plan of St Marks Square, by intensifying positive space at every step. A very important example.
Chapter  10	Pages 283-95: Centers appearing in the evolution of the Julian Street Shelter for the Homeless.

BOOK 3
Chapter  3	Pages 69-100: The hulls of public space: the necessity for all public space to be positive in character, so that it can form the living room of society.
Chapter  5	Pages 153-89: The positive pattern of space and volume on the land. See especially pages 188-89.
Chapter  9	Pages 288-310: evolution of positive space in a neighborhood, as it undergoes a series of changes.

BOOK 4
Chapter  4	Pages 73-110, especially page 98: The idea of positive space as something experienced as a "being" and the presence of ten thousand beings in positive space.