El espacio que habitamos

Esta entrada es para un grupo de conversación.

Primero que nada traduzcamos y valoremos estas frases de Sarah Robinson y Juhani Pallasmaa:

“If we close our eyes and take a deep breath, and summon meaningful memories, we quickly notice that they are tied to a specific place. The place evokes a network of sensations, the warmth of sunlight on your skin, the smell of your love, the sound of her voice. Architecture, through its unique means, creates a harbor for these ephemeral, tangible things.”
― Sarah Robinson, Nesting: Body, Dwelling, Mind

“Memories, dreams, and our imagination are linked inextricably with the objects of our lives and the rich associations we have with meaningful places. But in our culture’s steadfast dedication to consumption, we no longer mend, we discard.”
― Sarah Robinson, Nesting: Body, Dwelling, Mind

“I confront the city with my body; my legs measure the length of the arcade and the width of the square; my gaze unconsciously projects my body onto the facade of the cathedral, where it roams over the mouldings and contours, sensing the size of recesses and projections; my body weight meets the mass of the cathedral door, and my hand grasps the door pull as I enter the dark void behind. I experience myself in the city, and the city exists through my embodied experience. The city and my body supplement and define each other. I dwell in the city and the city dwells in me.”
― Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses

“Architecture domesticates limitless space and enables us to inhabit it […]”
― Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses

“Architecture is essentially an extension of nature into the man-made realm, providing the ground for perception and the horizon of experiencing and understanding the world. It is not an isolated and self-sufficient artifact; it directs our attention and existential experience to wider horizons. Architecture also gives a conceptual and material structure to societal institutions, as well as to the conditions of daily life. It concretises the cycle of the year, the course of the sun and the passing of the hours of the day.”
― Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses

“The gradually growing hegemony of the eye seems to be parallel with the development of Western ego-consciousness and the gradually increasing separation of the self and the world; vision separates us from the world whereas the other senses unite us with it.”
― Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses