Embracing design constraints An Article by Adrian Roselli adrianroselli.com Constraints have been shown to generally improve innovation. Giving targets and parameters helps ensure a team is working in unison. Identifying what is out of bounds can further focus that team. designconstraintsaccessibilityfunction
Deep Interlock Forms which have a high degree of life tend to contain some type of interlock – a “hooking into” their surroundings – or an ambiguity between element and context, either case creating a zone belonging to both the form and to its surroundings, making it difficult to disentangle the two. The interlock, or ambiguity, strengthens the centers on either side, which are intensified by the new center formed between the two. Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order The versatility of flat surfacesStrength from both mass and form168. Connection to the EarthInterlockingProtected, yet tuned in naturearchitecture