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Gioja House (Austin, Texas)

Courtyard house built for Geoffrey and Linda Gioja, ambiguously both outdoors and the main living room; came from real liking.

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Thinkers (3)

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  • Christopher Alexander
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  • Geoffrey Gioja
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    Client for the Gioja house in Texas; had a dream of a courtyard house connected to the Latin and Italian archetype.
  • Linda Gioja
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    Co-client for the Gioja house; shared the dream of a courtyard house.

Concepts (1)

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  • Childlike Innocence
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    The state of pure, unselfconscious making where one pleases oneself absolutely, free from rules and concepts—the closest we can come to the egoless state.