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Bruno Queysanne: Architecture & mythology (March 1, 1995)01:27:34

Bruno Queysanne discusses the difference between "topos" (place) and "logos" (meaning). He argues that philosophers have been trying to find the space in between logos and topos. Queysanne discusses historical and mythical thinking, and how Plato discusses myths at the same time that he creates new ones. He discusses the story of Gaia and Uranus, found in Hesiod's Theogony, and the Homeric Hymn of Hestia and Hermes, as the story of architecture, discussed in terms of earth, sky and the sense of home. He shows images of contemporary cities, especially San Francisco, as illustrations of the meeting of Gaia and Uranus.

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