"When placing a house on its site, one of the first steps is to recognize the territory that surrounds it, identifying its potentials and tensions. In this process, we inevitably select, cut, hide, or enhance certain views, shaping the architectural experience according to the sensations we wish to foster. A visual hierarchy is therefore established, guiding the eye and determining what should be seen, in what way, and with what emotional intensity, defining how the user interprets the surroundings."
"In this context, design strategy goes beyond aesthetic choice and begins to operate as a construction of the phenomenological experience of space. By selecting a specific fragment of the horizon through a controlled opening, or by dissolving the limits between inside and outside with large glazed planes, architecture begins to act as a lens. It can emphasize the smallness of the human scale in relation to the vastness of the territory or, conversely, domesticate nature, incorporating it into everyday life."
Placing a house on its site begins with recognizing the surrounding territory and identifying its potentials and tensions. The siting process involves selecting, cutting, hiding, or enhancing views to shape architectural sensations and lived experience. A deliberate visual hierarchy guides the eye, determining what is seen, how it is seen, and the emotional intensity of those views, which frames user interpretation of place. Design strategy operates as the construction of a phenomenological spatial experience through controlled openings or large glazed planes that mediate inside–outside relationships. Architecture can either emphasize human smallness against territorial vastness or domesticate nature by integrating it into daily life.
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