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Glass House — Lina Bo Bardi
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Floor becomes boundary.
OBS-ARCH-013
Systems of Clarity
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OBS-ARCH-013
Origin:
São Paulo
Era:
1950
Themes / Lineage:
vegetation; boundary; light
Field Notes:
floor; vegetation; light
Quiet Modernism appears here as spatial limits redefined through orientation.

Floor becomes boundary.

Glass House — Lina Bo Bardi

The horizontal plane defines a limit.

Orientation shifts.

Surface becomes edge.

How does orientation shift?
The floor is usually read as support rather than limit, but that distinction blurs. The horizontal plane asserts separation. What continues is boundary emerging through orientation.

The floor is usually read as support rather than limit, but that distinction blurs.

The horizontal plane asserts separation.

What continues is boundary emerging through orientation.

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