A meeting place for faces and souls

The function of architecture is to be a meeting place, signifying a contact in the realm of destinies. Cities, squares, intersections and houses are subjects of social and existential communication. Today, news, events and trade go into the virtual space of planetary or regional life, so cities with...

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Published inProekt Bajkal Vol. 21; no. 81; pp. 120 - 121
Main Author Rappaport, Alexander
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Russian
Published Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences 13.10.2024
Subjects
architecture
city
fate
house
intersection
meeting
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Summary:The function of architecture is to be a meeting place, signifying a contact in the realm of destinies. Cities, squares, intersections and houses are subjects of social and existential communication. Today, news, events and trade go into the virtual space of planetary or regional life, so cities with their squares, intersections and houses are becoming knots and seams of this fabric. But architecture as a “thing made of stone” has not lost its significance in the formation of cultural meanings and human destinies.
ISSN:2307-4485
2309-3072
DOI:10.51461/issn.2309-3072/81.2397