ABSTRACT
The introduction is substantive and lays out the conceptual framework of the book. A series of key notions are defined and discussed, including the experience of built space and architecture and its relation to literature and geometry; concepts of sense, meaning, understanding, and nonsense; and the question of bodies, spaces, and place. As Carroll's nonsense plays with different spatial logics, acknowledging the paradoxical entanglements of space, time, and movement that frame our experience of built, architectural spaces, his catalog invites reflection on sense-making as a process caught between body and mind that operates both within language and at its limits. This book thus offers ways to conceptualize the experience of space as a language-bound, disorienting, transient, yet potentially meaningful occurrence, one that ultimately relies on social interactions, conversations, and exchange. Offering insight into relevant and recent scholarship on Carroll's work, including feminist theory and criticism, the introduction asserts the ongoing relevance of his work for design theory today.
