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Threshold and Places

Threshold and Places

Ola Sigurdson

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Rotomail Italia S.p.A.
Año de edición:
2026
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Ciencia: cuestiones generales
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9788869775567
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What does it mean to live in space-not just occupy it, but inhabit it meaningfully? Thresholds and Places explores how spatial experience shapes human existence, tracing the tension between moments of transition and sites of belonging. Thresholds are where we cross into the ambiguous and the unknown; places are where we find orientation and familiarity. Drawing on philosophy, literature, and lived experience, this book reveals how human beings are always situated-both between and within-these two existential dimensions. Through reflections on cities, homes, architecture, and the unnoticed textures of everyday life, it shows how space is not empty or neutral, but charged with meaning. This is an exploration of how we dwell, move, and transform-and how, in the interplay between thresholds and places, the heterogeneity of space finds its form.

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