Architecture

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This paper discusses the idea of the envelope of architecture, a boundary between the public sphere and the private sphere, and how this is less and less a boundary and more a porous enclosure. This concept is discussed according to the views of Tschumi and Cheng, in the text edited by them.

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"An interesting aspect of the theoretical elements found in the text edited by Tschumi and Cheng (2003) is made explicit by Colomina (2003), who writes, "The line between public and private no longer coincides with the outer limit of a building" (p. 68). This comment is reflected in different ways in other essays in the text, and it also helps explain some of the direction of architecture today and also traces back to earlier times when clearly the separation between public and private was much more rigid. Colomina also states that architecture always followed medicine, which is why the envelope of architecture corresponds more to the human body than to functional programs. However, Colomina also says that it might be that "the envelope is longer to be found on the outside but has coiled itself up within an imaginary body" (p. 68)."

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