The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

In the East there is a gap between the top of the wall and the underside of the roof; the wall does not act as a support. Instead, it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.