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Architectural Anthropology: Semantic architecture of the fibroconstructive type traditionally
built in Japanese agrarian villages in the framework of nuclear territorial demarcation rites.
The bundled reed part at the top stands for the harmony of opposites (Yin Yang). The capital
of the free standing pillar represents the sun (nichirin). (see Egenter, 1982).
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Modern reed-mosque of Marsh Arabs, Iraq (photo: Urs Maurer).
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Traditional reed-hut translated into monumentalised stone architecture. Necropolis of King
Djoser, Sakkara; ca. 2600 B.C. (photo: Urs Maurer).
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The incredible freedom of the star-architect. The picture shows the residential area (Place
de Catalogne, Paris, 1985) designed by Riccardo Befills (photo: Urs Maurer).
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Example of a quasi-galactic, highly virtual building. "Tour Pacific", La Defense, Paris;
designed by Kisho Kurokawa 1992 (photo: Urs Maurer)