The Nature of Order: Chapter 5 – Function and Ornament

Approximately 300 pages comprising a collection of roughly six versions, some partial and some more complete, which discuss the concept of “Functional Order and the Fifteen properties”. With references to concepts like: “Archetypal Functions”, “Functional Order”, “The Fifteen Properties in Town”, “The Fifteen Properties in Nature”, “The Fifteen Properties in Buildings”, “The Fifteen Properties in Building Details”, “Human Cognition”, “Beyond Ornament and Beyond Function: The Unity of Space”. In one of the versions the description integrates the concept of patterns; with handwritten notes and printed images in one of them.