Natural Place - Locii - Madhini

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DWELL

-ASSOCIATION

-FEEL

-EXPERIENCE THE

INHERENT MEANINGS

SKY EARTH

EXPERIENCING THE SPACE MAKES US FEEL AT HOME THUS MAKING IT

COMFORTABLE.

MAKING ASSOCIATIONS WITH CERTAIN SPACES LIKE OUR HOME, STREETS,NEIGHBOURHOOD ETC. IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR PERCEPTION OF THE

SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH HAS A

STRUCTURE AND EMBODIES IMMENSE MEANINGS.

NATURE OF NATURAL PLACE



STRUCTURE & MEANINGS MYTHOLOGIES (COSMOLOGIES AND COSMOGONIES)

MAN - IMBEDDED IN NATURE AND THUS DEPENDENT UPON THE NATURAL FORCES

EXPERIENCE OF NATURE AS A MULTITUDE OF LIVING FORCES



FIVE MODES OF MYTHICAL UNDERSTANDING

THINGS

COSMIC ORDER

CHARACTER

LIGHT

TIME - TEMPORAL RHYTHMS



THINGS

RELATES THE FORCES TO CONCRETE THINGS

CREATION OF HUMANS - ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT CULTURES

Egypt world is a space between Heaven (Nut) and Earth (Geb) of

opposite sexes . Earth is considered as the serving bearer from which life emerges.

Sky high and inaccessible shape described by suns path- its properties

experienced as transcendence , order and creative power(rain).Earth- satisfy human needs for protection and intimacy. Sky cosmic

implications.

MOUNTAIN

-Belongs to earth but rises to heaven.

-Centres axis mundi trascendencefrom one cosmic zone to other.

-place gather.

- Certain cultures wilderness

because of their inaccessibility

- STONE- hardness and permanence

high importance.



TREE

Heaven and earth united alive.

Vegetation manifestation of living reality- every season re-enacts the

connection.

Forest - wilderness



ROCKS , VEGETATION AND WATER SACRED PLACES MICROCOSM

CENTRES

objects of mans orientation and identification

In mans understanding of nature we thus recognize the origin of the

concept of space as a system of places.

Only a system of meaningful places makes a truly human life possible

ALWAYS NATURAL AND DISCOVERED BY MAN



NATURAL UNDERSTANDING ABSTRACTING A SYSTEMATIC COSMIC ORDER

The most invariant natural phenomenon (like sun or river or local prominentgeographical feature) and the cardinal points

Egypt

South north direction of the Nile primary element of mans orientation.

Sunrise east domain of birth and life. West- death

world is understood as a structured space

All cultures have a primeval axis mundi which is the main direction of mans

orientation

nordic cultures absence of sun polar star and an abstract heavenly

axis.



CHARACTER OF NATURAL PLACE

BEST EG; GREEK LANDSCAPE

varied topography which are legible and clearly delimited. Intense and clear

air give the forms an unusual presence individual and intelligble character

of each space

variety, clarity and scale in the landscape man is never engulfed or isolated

the greeks personified these landscapes as anthromorphic gods and made

them their central points of life

fertile land Demeter and Hera

mountain and sky Zeus

swampy land Artemis

RELATING NATURAL AND HUMAN CHARACTERS RECONCILIATION OF MAN & NATURE



LIGHT

Ancient times sun as a thing rather than light as a concept

Greece symbol of Knowledge, Art and Intellect

Many culture Hindu, Christian, islam , Byzantine

Never constant TEMPORAL RHYTHMS of nature

The phenomena of any natural place cannot exist

without these rhythms

The changes in light do not change the basic element of a natural place but influence its character



THING

ORDERSPATIAL ( QUALITATIVE )

CHARACTER

LIGHTGENERAL ATMOSPHERE OF A PLACE

THING

CHARACTER

DIMENSIONS OF EARTH

ORDER

LIGHT

SKY

TIME CONSTANT AND TEMPORAL MAKES APCE

AND CHARACTER PARTS OF A LIVING REALITY

WHICH AT ANY MOMENT PLACE GENIUS LOCII



STRUCTURE OF A NATURAL PLACE

LANDSCAPE- ground is the most stable element presenting a few change

with seasons whereas sky less concrete yet decisive

MAIN QUALITY OF NATURAL PLACE EXTENSION

TOPOGRAPHY SURFACE RELIEF



Surface

Relief

VegetationWater

Place is formed Plain

ValleyBasin

Ravine

Plateau

Hill

MountainWater island

point

promontory

peninsula

bay

fjord

surface

vegetation Forest

Grove

Field

SKY - 1. Quality of light and colour, & the presence of clouds

2. Its relationship to the ground

Background to the surface relief in human perception

The sky manifests itself in different landscapes in different forms

eg; desert sky without clouds vast expanse . Mediterranean embracing sky



CONCLUSION

Sky and Earth vertical and horizontal plane - man creates his

world. Transforming the natural landscape to a cultural landscape

Sometimes , a whole region or country may itself be termed by a

landscape.South Indian Peninsula

In all countries , naming of natural landscapes reflect the existence of

natural places which are the locii of identification and orientation.

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