The self that is disclosed through architecture

This chapter suggests that an experience of the uncanny is an indication that the unconscious is busily attending to its creative work and preparing the way for its fuller disclosure into consciousness. The evocative nature of architecture, whether it be uncanny, sublime, or numinous, is established in the unconscious exchange between subject and building, and thus through the bodily interaction between the two. A more evocative architecture is one that encourages intimacy and curiosity rather than distance and apathy, and celebrates the unique and personal character of a building and place. According to James Hillman, architecture that is fashioned according to the ideals of the ego cannot command a healthy aesthetic response. A more evocative architecture is one that encourages intimacy and curiosity rather than distance and apathy, and celebrates the unique and personal character of a building and place.