opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/writers-as-architects/
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“In architecture, once you remove the skin — the “language” of walls, ceilings and slabs — all that remains is sheer space.”
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“how does one design and build using emptiness as a construction material? How do we perceive space? And how does it affect us?”
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“spatial relationships, repetition, reflection, sequence, transparency, tension, pacing, chronology… Any architectural question is answered from a literary point of view; any literary issue is addressed by a spatial idea.”
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(I like this act of translation: building a house/structure to represent the feeling/essence of a text.)