Brevity of Extension II: Trapped Architectures

After “The Wall” by Sartre
Vocabulary:
The trap - opening/hole to sky, reminder of forbidden freedom
The cell - the trap (-ping); the psychology of expectation
The bench – the wait
The wall – literally a wall to be executed against; a trap, symbol of death ... Figuratively a wall between those with hope and those without: barrier between two worlds - living and condemned (and the figurative death inherent in condemnation)
Mute, it absorbs, swallows, awaits
Architectural Text:
The Waiting Wall….
The cell traps, the bench waits, the trap awakens, the wall awaits …and swallows
Trapped in the psychology of expectation, the sentence is passed of the cell to await the wall.
The irony of the wait is to be delivered from expectation.
Trapped in irony, Now the wait begins.

After “The Adulterous Wife” by Camus
Vocabulary:
The Parapet - the edge, stops the fall, brink of freedom, the ecstasy of stationary motion ... The sin, the act of betrayal
The Stairs- escape, the calling, climb to the edge
The Fort - temptation of freedom, youth, and virility – the questioning
The Black Tent – motion, the possibility of the other side
Architectural Text:
The Ecstasy of the Parapet …
the fort challenges, the stair calls, the edge seduces and the motion of restraint consumes…
The seduction of the edge tempts the constrained to freedom,
The real betrayal lies in the restraint…and return.

After “The Dead” by Joyce
Vocabulary:
The Corner/pantry – the trap of a self-conscious life, need for possession, progressive decay
The Corridor – mastery of illusion, path of convention, unconscious
The Bedroom – paralysis, passion, memory
The Window- evanescence, delicacy of illusion ... the opening, portal, chance to change his life, the crack
Architectural Text:
The Window's Paralysis ...
the corner affects, the corridor heals, the bedroom deserts, the window humbles … and cracks.
Paralyzed by living, freed in a re-framing. epiphany in the tear...


To Follow:
three visual sentences; in 'the waiting wall', 'the ecstasy of the parapet', and 'the window's paralysis'