217a key position. There, we feel embraced by the spatial shell
in an encompassing gesture, but also made to feel insecure.
Whichever way we rotate or turn, and as a consequence of the
forward and one-sided orientation of our bodily disposition,
we find no stable position that allows us to grasp the space
as a whole from the centre, in a way that would correspond
to the dominant role of the centre in geometry. Because the
continuous course of the wall extends laterally outside of our
field of vision, we can follow it only through ceaseless bod-
ily rotation. We can obtain a satisfying overview only when
we adopt a position along the edge, from which point we are
once again attracted towards the centre. When repeating this
movement between the centre and various points along the
periphery, we traverse the space in a singular oscillating pen-
dulum or back-and-forth motion.> garden, ingress and exit, inside and outside, intermediate
space, inversion, square and street, urban design view into/
out of, window> ceiling, closure, plane
> garden, landscape, picturesque
> gallery, intermediate space, inversion, space-body continuumTraces of use and of weathering provide eloquent testimony
to the age of a building, its long use, and the influence of its
environment. Patina renders the dimension of > time visible
in architecture, and is one of the components with particular
importance in generating specific > atmospheres.
The phenomenon of patina encompasses > surface
changes through oxidation, the natural alteration of colour
through darkening or fading, the accumulation of soil or
smut, moss or lichen, and erosion, fissuring or flaking. WhenOutdoor space
Panel
Park
Passage
Patina