A Pattern for Spatial Perception

"A structural innovation to break the limitation of the Roman arch did come... The invention is a new form of the arch based not on the circle, but on the oval. This does not seem a great change, yet its effect on the articulation of buildings is spectacular. Of course, a pointed arch is higher and therefore opens more space and light. But, much more radically, the thrust of the Gothic arch makes it possible to hold the space in a new way, as at Rheims. The load is taken off the walls, which can therefore be pierced with glass, and the total effect is to hang the building like a cage from the arched roof. The inside of the building is open because the skeleton is outside."

Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man.

Where are we going?
The rear-view mirror of history suggests that outside is becoming in.
Sheltering in a cave.
Pavilions open to the air.
Enclose the space and increase the glass.
Total glass and outside is visually in.
The bi-furcation point is where the action is.
In architecture the action is where 'out is in' and 'in is out.'
The wall is our skin.
Dissolve the boundary and let the sun move in.
When the sun shines, food grows.
The Green House Greenhouse.
Food is fuel for living, or dying.
Health goes beyond taste.
Architecture is space for living, or dying.
Which are you causing?
Architecture is environment.


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