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191 The Shape of Indoor Space

May be part of Ceiling Height Variety (190).

Conflict

The perfectly crystalline squares and rectangles of ultra modern architecture makes no special sense in human or structural terms. they only express the rigid desires and fantasies which people have when they get too preoccupied with systems and the means of their production.

Resolution

With occasional exceptions, make each indoor space or each position of a space, a rough rectangle, with roughly straight walls, near right angles in the corners, and a roughly symmetrical vault over each room.

May contain Columns at the Corners (212), Floor and Ceiling Layout (210), Floor-Ceiling Vaults (219), Positive Outdoor Space (106), Half-Open Wall (193).