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Architecture thinking across boundaries: Knowledge transfers since the 1960s
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Abstract
Around 1908, the German sociologist Georg Simmel reflected on the significance of mobility
infrastructures, such as paths and bridges. These divisions of space, he wrote, were more than
physical facts. They resulted from a subjective understanding of space, namely the human
will to link distinct elements. Boundaries, paths and bridges were creations of a human being,
the ‘connecting creature who must always separate and who cannot connect without
separating’. Simmel called this double act of separation and connection, resulting in a
dynamic intertwining of physical place and mental spaces, the ‘miracle of the road’ (Simmel
[1909] in Leach 1997: 64–7).
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- Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) - Humanities
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