ABSTRACT
Having seen a number of cases of synecdoche, palimpsest, and wabi in previous chapters, in the third and last part of the book we articulate the type of appreciation we hold when we engage our imagination in the incomplete, imperfect, and impermanent architecture. Such articulation will help us go further than simply recognizing the pleasure we take in these buildings and will help to legitimatize their values and bring them into serious discussion in the public, professional, and educational arenas. It also will begin to pave a way for architects to imbue these values into their work. An articulation also will be necessary, as we are reviewing the epistemology behind our ways of designing and appreciating architecture, which we have held for more than five centuries. Recent developments in philosophy and the aesthetic appreciation of nature in particular present a number of key issues.
