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<jats:p>The late <jats:bold>Paul Coates</jats:bold> was one of the first students at the Architectural Association (AA) in London to submit an international computation‐based diploma, in 1969. Responsible for introducing a series of computational techniques, Coates was also the founder of the MSc in Computing and Design at the University of East London, and in 2002 the Centre for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture (CECA). In this unpublished article from 2008, which has been prepared and rewritten for publication by <jats:bold>Christian Derix</jats:bold>, Coates recounts his pursuit of ‘the particle physics of architecture’ ‐ geometric rules that inform both unplanned and planned human occupation of space.</jats:p>