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91 If we take for example the pattern called ‘covered walkway', whose function in the larger system is to connect buildings, an entire set of smaller patterns - the height of the roof, the distance between the columns, the building materials, etc . - will immediately emerge and help create it . Since the environment consists of patterns that produce a common experience, the relevant question is : what lies behind the specific patterns identified to produce the feeling of comfort we all share no matter what culture or place we come from . According to the linguist Noam Chomsky, in the various spoken languages there is a common structural element he calls the language of languages or the underlying patterns . It is an element that is innate in human beings and therefore common to us all ) which explains why children can so easily learn a foreign language . Likewise Alexander's assumption is, that in the physical space , there are patterns that reflect an innate pattern structured in our brain, which is the cause for the similar feelings different people share in any given place . The first step in the planning process is to determine the patterns of space that are relevant to the project . Some of them will stem from the specific context of the project and the cultural reality of the place, patterns that vary from place to place, and some from the more basic needs common to us all as human beings in any place, building and culture and which are, therefore, invaria nt . Fo r exampl e, natural day light is essential for the mental and physical wellbeing of all human beings whether in a senior citizen's center or in a kindergarten, whether in India or in Israel . The language is a generative one and the hierarchical order of the patterns it consists of is determined by the rules of the language itself . So once I decide on the list of patterns that are relevant to a specific project, a set of interrelations between them is automatically created defining the relationships among the different components of the building . As in any organic system, the genetic codes regulate not only the functioning of the cell but ensure their relations to the organism as a whole, in this case to the building as a whole .
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פורטוגלי, נילי
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