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«It is surely equally unthinkable that a mind could conceive architecture because of the irreplaceable role of the body in the very constitution of architecture. Buildings are not abstract meaningless constructions, or aesthetic compositions, they are extensions and shelters of our bodies, memories, dentities and minds. Consequently, architecture arises from existentially true confrontations, recollections and aspirations.» Juhani Pallasmaa «The thinking hand: existential and embodied wisdom of architecture