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But already on almost the entire circumference of the Peace area (a few plots of land had not yet been acquired) and with R.’s initial approval, the contours and the grown trees of the outer Gardens bestowed their living harmony and all, residents, visitors and children, loved to go and be there. How would he now rehabilitate the concept and function of a large lake directly bordered by the first high-rise buildings of a city which he had planned but seemed to have escaped his hold? His creative instinct felt hindered, hampered and weighed down from all sides : by the demands for durability and perfection made by the team on- site, which would cost years of additional work, while he would rather have used lighter and more temporary materials which would provide more freedom to evolve in future; by the intricacies of the collective situation and the diversity of approaches and interpretations of urban planning; by the administrative delays and the perpetual quarrelling about organization and community rules.

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Again, after a long interval, hundreds of workers milled about Her temple, most hailing from the nearest villages; but this time they were joining various trades and skills rather than plain labor, and they were accompanied and supervised by permanent teams of volunteer residents and each spot of activity vibrated with its specific energies – from the excavation for the foundations of the petals, to the almost silent task of marble-laying or the concentrated trials at melting and casting colored glass in the workshop, the modes of attention differed within a shared space and daily rhythm.

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