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CL U STE RED FO RM

While a centralized organization has a strong geometric basis
for the ordering of its forms, a clustered organization groups
its forms according to functional requirements of size, shape,
or proximity. While it lacks the geometric regularity and introverted nature of centralized forms, a clustered organization is
flexible enough to incorporate forms of various shapes, sizes,
and orientations into its structure.
Considering their flexibility, clustered organizations of
forms may be organized in the following ways:
• They can be attached as appendages to a larger parent
form or space.
• They can be related by proximity alone to articulate and
express their volumes as individual entities.
• They can interlock their volumes and merge into a single
form having a variety of faces.

A clustered organization can also consist of forms that are
generally equivalent in size, shape, and function. These forms
are visually ordered into a coherent, nonhierarchical organization not only by their close proximity to one another, but
also by the similarity of their visual properties.

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