habitation and connection

a beautiful gown relies on the body to give it structure and form; only when it is worn, can one appreciate how it lifts in movement, how it glitters in the light …

architecture is not much different – though it needs to be self reliant for structure and form, it is only with the understanding of its own history and story of its own making, and the daily activities of its inhabitants which breath warmth to it, and gives it life, can one appreciate how it dances in its complexities, how it glows in its intricacies