Architecture is the design of a system or structure. It is a combination of space and building elements.
Architecture can be thought of as a creation of elements surrounding a space; an enclosure.
“As people move through a space, architecture is experienced as a time sequence.” (Wikipedia) This is a dynamic experience, moving from space to space and being surrounded by walls, columns windows...
A space is only a space by the definition of its boundaries. These boundaries divide and separate activity, people, objects etc.
Architecture determines what we call inside and outside; a division between the environments.
The Great Wall of China is an architecture that protected the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from another dynasty. This structure divided and created a boundary between these people and areas.
A jail can be thought of as separating the society from prisoners or... the prisoners from society.
Architecture. (2008, September 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:35, September 11, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Architecture&oldid=237629264
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