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Circulation
“… we have been observing that the human body, which is our most
fundamental three-dimensional possession, has not itself been a central
concern in the understanding of architectural form; that architecture, to
the extent that it is considered an art, is characterized in its design stages
as an abstract visual art and not as a body-centered art … We believe
that the most essential and memorable sense of three-dimensionality
originates in the body experience and that this sense may constitute a
basis for understanding spatial feeling in our experience of buildings.
…The interplay between the world of our bodies and the world of our
dwelling places is always in flux. We make places that are an expression
of our haptic experiences even as these experiences are generated by the
places we have already created. Whether we are conscious or innocent of
this process, our bodies and our movement are in constant dialogue with
our buildings.”
Charles Moore and Robert Yudell
Body, Memory, and Architecture
1977

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