ABSTRACT
Forms and spaces are defined by their bounding lines. The quality of these lines affects how these forms and spaces affect us. But do lines exist? We see the shape of a cloud, but does it have a line around it? Do trees? Or is there just a fuzzy zone: partly leaves and partly sky? What about a pond? There’s a clear edge between water and earth. But the waterside earth is full of water, and the junction-line is immeasurably fractal. Buildings must be simpler. But soft-edged, vegetation-covered buildings – soul-welcoming ones – have bounding lines like trees. Smooth-surfaced ones are less equivocal: 1 100 per cent building, 100 per cent not-building. That’s why they don’t welcome us.
