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1984

Pattern: Occupiable sites exposed to external insight

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Part of a 5-fold Pattern Language.
Subsequently published in Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (1986)

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Pattern template

Physical Window seats.

Broader Minimal context for single perspective; Receptivity to emerging external insight; Limiting length of communication pathways; Limiting exposure to harmonious perspectives; Protected low-density communication pathways; Sequence of viewpoint loci within a structure; Provision for temporary perspective inactivity; Overview of communication pathway from structure; Organization of structure to provide occupiable sites; Insight capturing non-linear extensions of structures; Enhancing insight by varying levels of exposure to it; Hospitable reception of external perspectives by structures; Internal transition spaces enhancing structural entry points; Organization of structures to permit two sources of external insight.

Narrower Flexible interfaces; Aperture compatibility; Displaceable frameworks; Ground-level visibility; Zones of intermediate insight; Structure-enfolded occupiable sites; Substantive distinctions separating domains; Overview sites from integrative superstructure; Boundary expansion permitting new level generation; Appropriate configuration for perspective interaction; Maintenance of source of direct insight within structures as a focal point; Symbols of integration.

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