112. Entrance Transition

Problem: Buildings, and especially houses, with a graceful transition between the street and the inside, are more tranquil than those which open directly off the street.

Solution: Make a transition space between the street and the front door. Bring the path which connects street and entrance through this transition space, and mark it with a change of light, a change of sound, a change of direction, a change of surface, a change of level, perhaps by gateways which make a change of enclosure, and above all with a change of view.

  1. ​Walking through doorways causes forgetting​
  2. ​53. Main Gateways​
  3. ​At the Green Mosque​
  4. ​The wind's pulling us in​
  5. ​One who has trodden this garden path​
  6. ​A more spiritual place​