The Emergence Machine

Infrastructure

abstract · architecture · Level 4 · E9

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Emergence definition

Infrastructure is the organized arrangement of matter and energy that supports the creation of buildings and structures, involving the intersection of form and structure, where organized matter occupies space and interacts with energy.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “infrastructure” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “infrastructure”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
infrastructure
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    to understand the relationship between building and construction, one must first understand the concept of space
  • Building L3 (requires)
    An architectural concept relating to infrastructure, involving building design, construction, or spatial planning.
  • Construction L3 (requires)
    to understand architectural concept, one must first understand construction

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