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In Short, No Pattern Is An Isolated Entity. Each Pattern Can Exist In The World Only To The Extent That Is Supported By Other Patterns: The Larger Patterns In Which It Is Embedded, The Patterns Of The Same Size That Surround It, And The Smaller Patterns Which Are Embedded In It.

It Is Possible To Make Buildings By Stringing Together Patterns, In A Rather Loose Way. A Building Made Like This, Is An Assembly Of Patterns. It Is Not Dense. It Is Not Profound. But It Is Also Possible To Put Patterns Together In Such A Way That Many Patterns Overlap In The Same Physical Space: The Building Is Very Dense; It Has Many Meanings Captured In A Small Space; And Through This Density, It Becomes Profound.

There Is One Timeless Way Of Building. It Is A Thousand Years Old, And The Same Today As It Has Ever Been. The Great Traditional Buildings Of The Past, The Villages And Tents And Temples In Which Man Feels At Home, Have Always Been Made By People Who Were Very Close To The Center Of This Way.

Once You Understand This Way, You Will Be Able To Make Your Room Alive; You Will Be Able To Design A House Together With Your Family; A Garden For Your Children; Places Where You Can Work; Beautiful Terraces Where You Can Sit And Dream.

People Are Deeply Nourished By The Process Of Creating Wholeness.