In praise of the body

Understanding architecture implies the unconscious measuring of an object with one's body, and of projecting one's body into the space. We feel confort and pleasure when the body finds resonance in space. Understanding architecture is understanding the relationship of its scale and the human body.
Above: "In the upper room" by American Ballet Theatre, coreography by Twyla Tharp and music by Philip Glass. Sadler's Wells, 18 Feb 2007.
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