the research that i began with dealt with synaesthesia as a definition of beauty. to sum it up, beauty, as defined by i.a. richards, is a condition in which one experiences an equilibrium of harmonious elements. i then began to explore what the terms equilibrium and harmony meant in architecture since a balance between these two was, supposedly, synaesthesia. a number of ideas interested me, including the harmony and equilibrium that is found not just amongst elements of a whole, but also in the space between such elements. (similar to what brian's interested in- how it feels to stand btwn those two statues in scarpa's work). the notion of the "in-between" and equilibrium then led me to look into bridges, stairs, doorways, and other connections between spaces. a bridge or a doorway, for example, seem to be manifestations of equilibrium. they're the in-betweens of two destinations, neither here nor there. They link, they join, they bridge. But then it occured to me that these words all described actions and according to my earlier studies of i.a. richards and confucius, equilibrium is a state of inaction. Was there a way then to bring a bridge or a doorway into equilibrium? I'm now interested in exploring this idea further- perhaps introduce a new program or an intervention that will harmonize the bridge or doorway and ultimately bring them into equilibrium. That means to remove them from their functions (action) and allow them to stand in a sate of inaction. I plan on trying to diagram these ideas - harmony/equilibrium & action/inaction, the space between action/inaction, and also how inaction can be introduced to action and vice versa.