Eden to Eden: At the Dawn of the Name

If words are viewed as penumbra, in the etymological roots of ‘architecture’, within the ‘arche’ all times are present, and within the ‘techne’ chronological progression can be recorded and seen. The embodied meaning in architecture suggests self‐determination yet also wonder at the ‘rapturous gaze’ of the universe, and the imperative to rework and honour it in our ideas, designs and cities. With this as a starting point, architect and professor Renato Rizzi presents a perception of the world as a continuum – from a wombic Eden to an Eden‐to‐be‐delivered.