Poetry and Construction are the Same: When Architecture Tells a Story

We believe, beyond any doubt, there is a correlation between literature and architecture, a connection that traces back to the origins of man since both relate to that human ability to interpreting, describing, imagining and modifying the context. According to Umberto Galimberti, ‘there are no linguistic materials that do not act as symbols of real meanings. That happens because linguistic evolution goes hand in hand with the technical progress of a civilization, since they have an identical structure that allows man to relate to the world by forging utensils and linguistic symbols. Therefore, if there is an undeniable connection between language and tools, given the fact both relate to the same mental ability of man, the same principle applies to poetry and architecture as consequences of the same prerogative. The latter two, besides correlating with language and tools respectively, must accordingly connect one to another. We could say that architecture represents to utensils what poetry is to language, thus we know that architecture and poetry are closely related, just like utensils and language.