Deacon is arguing that scientists can accept head on, the notion that conscious thought is not material, and yet in principle can be explained in natural terms by a sort of architecture of constraints.
And he points to the popularity of atriums or courtyards that bring the natural environment into a building as one way the principles of feng shui are manifested in modern architecture.
The manuscripts about natural and exact sciences cover a wide variety of subjects like mathematics especially calculations, which were used for architecture.