I would describe the distinction between city and landscape like this: cities tend to excite and agitate me; they make me feel big or small, self-confident, proud, curious, excited, tense, annoyed.. or they intimidate me. But the landscape, if I give it the chance, offers me freedom and serenity. Nature has a different sense of time. Time is big in the landscape while in the city it is condensed, just like the city's space. Peter Zumthor
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When we take our eyes off of the big picture and focus instead on the small details, we can miss out on the bigger picture. For example, when we look at a cityscape, we can be amazed by all of the visual elements. But if we take the time to really look at each tree, each building, and each person within that cityscape, we will notice how interconnected they all are. We can see how one tree may be supporting the building across the street and how another tree might support a third building.

Source: Thinking Architecture

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