REVITILIZING THE HISTORICAL ESSENCE OF THE GEM AREA THROUGH LITERARY ARCHITECTURE NOHA HATEM MOSTAFA Thus, I come underneath this chapel-side, So that the mason's levels, courses, all The vigorous horizontals, each way fall In bows above my head, as falsified By visual compulsion, till I hide The steep-up roof at last behind the small Eclipsing parapet; yet above the wall The sumptuous ridge-crest leave to poise and ride. None besides me this bye-ways beauty try. Or if they try it, I am happier then: The shapen flags and drillèd holes of sky, Just seen, may be to many unknown men The one peculiar of their pleasured eye, And I have only set the same to pen. Hopkins wasn’t the only poet inspired by architecture, also, Gothic architecture was a huge influence on the literary works of Geoffery Hill. Hill’s fascination with the intricate details of Gothic Architecture encouraged him to introduce these details in his poems using them as a work of art. The following excerpt is from one of his literary works. (Robichaud, n.d.) Between the sterile ornaments Under the pasteboard baldachins As, in the young-time, in the sap-years Between the living floriations Under the leaping arches (Anathemata 49) The continuation of integrating literature with architecture opened doors to more theories and approaches that intertwine these two forms of art together. The effect literature and philosophy held over architecture continued to show, especially through the works of renowned architect and theorist; John Hejduk.
2.2. Hejduk’s Chronotope John Hejduk is an architect and theorist who introduced new ways of thinking regarding spaces. He saw architecture through a dark lens, trying to interpret the emotional context in his works. Modern day theorists study his works and theories in order to learn and implement from them (Goodwin, 2017). One of the most studied theories is “Hejduk’s Chronotope” which is a field of study that encourages merging space and time in architecture, making it spacio-temporal, affecting the process of creating space. Hejduk’s inspiration for this field of study was following the claims and arguments of philosopher Mikhail Bakhtina. (Smith, 2003)
