Genius Loci
Author: Christian Norberg Schulz
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CHAPTER
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CHAPTER
Is illustrative as well as the second because it explains how the existing shapes the artificial.
Is theoretical, it tries to understand the place as a whole.
Book´s ESTRUCTURE The author starts from a logical order to explain his book: idea of place, natural place and artificial place To explain his ideas he relies on concrete examples, quotes from authors, images that help explain a concept
The author proposes a relationship between man and the world, in this way man identifies space from the physical and the emotional.
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CHAPTER Is illustrative that tries to understand the natural with the existing. He understands nature as a series of interrelated elements that express the existence of a being, that is why the landscape has a structure and meaning, which is why it is important to understand the concept of nature.
Architecture is an element that helps us understand nature, create a significant place, highlight its potential and this will depend on the meaning that man gives to his creation.
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SUMMARY Understand how to live in a place not only from the scientific and qualitative but also from the soul, for that it is necessary to return to the basics and understand how phenomenology is the beginning to analyze the structure of the text through examples of cities such as Prague, or Rome.