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Abstracting nature 

What ‘s natural elements?

“‘Natural elements’ include any design element that has a basis in nature. True natural elements, such as plant life, cross sense-domains meaning plants can be seen, felt, tasted, touched, and heard. The idea that natural environments, and natural elements in built environments...”

 

-Bates, Scott C

  abstract vs natural?

"Abstraction does not separate man from nature, it is the nature of man. The ability to abstract is what singularizes us among the natural phenomena of which we are apart. These two polarities abstract and natural are not contradictory and the attempt to balance one with the other is not antinomic."

-Laurent and Emmanuelle Beaudouin

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