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 		- ad hoc/rushed at the end: processes for using patterns for differentiation of space. differentiation vs accumulation
 		- some vagueness
 	- a bit tragic perhaps: towards the end, neighbors working together to make their houses beautiful. seemed a bit utopian in a modernist sense.
+- a [[pattern]] has a context, a problem and a solution that resolves the set of conflicting forces.
 
 ## [[april]]
 - [[notsof]]