ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explains a many ways in which Merleau-Ponty's ideas can be useful to architects. Having focused on some of the most basic implications of embodiment, the fact that we are, as human beings, inescapably embodied entities, it should now be clear why Merleau-Ponty's philosophy has so much to offer. Another aspect of reversibility in Merleau-Ponty's philosophy is the notion of a reciprocal relationship between experience and expression. The idea that experience itself is inherently expressive is based on the fact that perception is a process that involves the whole body. The reciprocal connection between the materiality of the body and that of the world is the kind of tectonic sensibility that architects often develop, from their experience of the construction process. The other significant lesson of Merleau-Ponty's philosophical approach is his effective bringing together of phenomenology and structuralism.
