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location or nodal point within a > spatial structure, it may
serve as a decisive point of departure for the intellectual com-
prehension of that spatial > order, i.e. by rendering it readable
from that point.> body (human), gaze, haptic qualities, movement, sensory
perception, space
> furnishing> furnishing, gathering, interior, lightLandscape is an element of architecture – not just in the form
of landscape architecture, but also by virtue of the way in
which its formal coherence – regardless of how it came about- fosters a characteristic spatial experience.
A precondition for this contribution is the aesthetic expe-
rience of landscape in general, which has only actually existed
in relation to our modern understanding of the term since
the fourteenth century (Francesco Petrarch). A landscape may
be regarded as architecture, and may be perceived as shap-
ing space and generating atmosphere, without its having been
necessarily processed into a work of landscape architecture.
Alongside elements produced by human beings, albeit with-
out architectural intentions, certain natural forms at times as-
sume an architectural appearance – that is to say, resemble
human creations.
Interpreted architecturally, clearings or valleys, for ex-
ample, resemble interiors, chasms or roadways appear like
corridors, constrictions are gates, and rocky ledges are balco-
nies. Topographical formations, with their masses, ledges and
incisions, correspond to the volumes and cavities of buildings.
The landscape has inherent boundaries for the purpose of
subdividing and articulating it, for example lakefronts, forest
Kinaesthesia
Kitchen
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