The Emergence Machine

Structure (Building sense)

abstract · architecture · Level 4 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The physical aspect of building design and construction, where organized matter occupies space and interacts with energy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
structure
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0Structure BuildBuildingConstructionFormStructureMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesStructure BuildL4BuildingL3ConstructionL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Building L3 (requires)
    Physical structure in building design and construction.
  • Construction L3 (requires)
    prerequisite to understand building design and construction