4.2.3 |
THE NEUTRAL-INCLUSIVE MODEL OF A BUILDING |
While the wearing of clothes is one way of regulating
one's microclimate, the use of buildings is another. But just as
the function of clothes is not only protection from the weather,
so the function of buildings is not either. Preferably clothes
should not only be practical but also beautiful and, if appropriate,
symbolic of what the wearer does or feels, or of what
'e wants those who see
'im to do or feel. Similarly,
buildings should not only be practical and beautiful, but should
also be symbolic of their so-called 'function'. This 'function'
is then not necessarily a practical one such as providing shelter
against the rain or the sun, but anything for which the building is
or will be used. In the last chapter of this book we will come
to call a building or structure to be used as a communal center
for both
fundamentalists and
symbolists an
anakentron or
"kentron" for short. (Kentron is what the words centrum
and center derive from; it is thus both etymologically and
symbolically related to the centrality of the neutral
predicate.) The design of an anakentron is not a fundamental issue,
but if a kentronic structure is to symbolically reflect its
function, the pattern or main form of such a structure should be
determined by neutralistic (or neutral-inclusivistic) symbolism.
There are good possibilities of incorporating the shape of the
Catena, for instance, into symbolistic
architectonic structures. (Terming them "symbolistic" or "symbolic"
is not to say that they could not be used as centers of
fundamentalistic neutralism.)
Figure S.4.2.3.1 is a presentation of
two examples of
nanacatenary architectonic structures.
In these examples the effect
of a complete Catena is achieved in two different ways: firstly,
by the reflection of the longitudinal half of the
Catena in water; and secondly, by the reflection of the
cross-sectional half in a glass mirror. Given that the symbols of
ananicity are not all the same
as the symbols of
nanaicity,
these structures cannot only be used as whole anakentrons but
also as so-called 'Halls of Nanaicity'. These Halls are to be
regarded as separate kentronic structures or parts of kentronic
structures dedicated to nanaic action and the symbols of
corrective neutralism. (Chapter Six will give more details on
kentrons and other kinds of centers.)
By purposefully being given a direction to the equator an anakentron or
Hall of Nanaicity is turned into a concrete symbol of global
neutral-directedness. Thus 'equatored' the seats in figure S.4.2.3.1.b, for
instance, will be facing south in the Northern and north in the Southern
Hemisphere. (Note that such a kentronic structure is not 'oriented' to the
south, let alone to an ideologically aggrandized particular place on Earth,
as temples and palaces in former times.) Where and when it does not suit
local conditions to have the whole building or hall face the equator, it
may suffice to give only the (main) facade or entrance that direction. On
the equator itself two equal entrances opposite each other (one on the
north and one on the south side) could be symbolic of the same
neutral-directedness.
Some names for nanacatenary structures are very appropriate
in the event that they are to be used as anakentrons, but not
in the event that they are to be used as Halls of Nanaicity.
(While the Book of Fundamentals prohibits any kind of
onomastic
exclusivism.) Thus, names which have harmony, oneness or
wholeness in them are more suitable for anakentrons, whereas
names with nanaic(ity) or (nana)polar(ity) in them are
more suitable for Halls of Nanaicity. If the shape of the
structure is also to have a bearing on its name, then names with
reflection(al), mirror(ed) and symmetrical deserve
special attention. Examples for a kentron which is nanacatenary in
design are then Anakentron of Reflectional Harmony / Oneness /
Wholeness or Anakentron of Symmetrical Harmony; examples
for such a Hall of Nanaicity are Hall of Nanaic Reflection
or Hall of Mirrored Polarity.
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