Patterns and Index Cells

Then he developed a theory of beauty that transcends architecture, other human crafts, and structures in nature, based on centers, structural features, and process.

A center is something that draws our eye as a focus. It could be the top of a column, the center of a geometric design, or a well-proportioned bit of space at the side of a room. Centers have at least one axis of symmetry, and are reinforced by the centers around them.

Structural features enhance and strengthen centers to increase the level of wholeness in a system.