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Compositions resulting from the rotation and modification of the square
The square represents the pure and the rational. It is a bilaterally symmetrical figure
having two equal and perpendicular axes. All other rectangles can be considered
variations of the square – deviations from the norm by the addition of height or
width. Like the triangle, the square is stable when resting on one of its sides and
dynamic when standing on one of its corners. When its diagonals are vertical and
horizontal, however, the square exists in a balanced state of equilibrium.

Bathhouse, Jewish Community Center, Trenton, New Jersey,
1954–59, Louis Kahn

Agora of Ephesus, Asia Minor, 3rd century B. C.

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