“…we use metaphor to help portray an integrated sense of the world to ourselves and to each other. Sense is different from truth, even though we might sometimes think of them as being the same. Where ‘truth’ claims to be absolute, ‘sense’ recognises relativity…” TruthMetaphorSense Book:Metaphor: an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture Source: Metaphor: an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture
“All architecture is, metaphorically, a shadow cast on a cave wall. Architecture is a version of the truth – a version of sense – proposed by the architect and realised in the physical form of buildings and the identification of places for inhabitation.” TruthMetaphorArchitecturePlato Book:Metaphor: an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture Source: Metaphor: an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture