Architecture: Presence, Language and PlaceThrough an original reflection on the history of architecture and modern building practices, Norberg-Schulz analyses man's capacity to perceive, experience and inhabit space. |
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Page 84
... clarifying and liberating pos- sibilities . It is important to underscore how Gaudí distinguished the three zones of the layout with a different treatment of the built form . Both the " subterranean " and the terrace are dematerialised ...
... clarifying and liberating pos- sibilities . It is important to underscore how Gaudí distinguished the three zones of the layout with a different treatment of the built form . Both the " subterranean " and the terrace are dematerialised ...
Page 122
... clarifying effect on the others . In this case , this truly is a gathering and an implementation of the totality that I have called Quadrature , hearkening back to Heidegger , i.e. , of a manifestation of the human presence that implies ...
... clarifying effect on the others . In this case , this truly is a gathering and an implementation of the totality that I have called Quadrature , hearkening back to Heidegger , i.e. , of a manifestation of the human presence that implies ...
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... clarifying building.36 Clo- sure is the fundamental condition of the Gestalt quality , which implies the presence of a consistent spatial delimitation . As for the interior , the rotunda appears as the most complete central space ...
... clarifying building.36 Clo- sure is the fundamental condition of the Gestalt quality , which implies the presence of a consistent spatial delimitation . As for the interior , the rotunda appears as the most complete central space ...
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