Tuesday, October 6, 2015

     Salzburg Geographical Expedition team visited a labyrinth by the Landeskrankenhaus Salsburg. The labyryinth was designed as a phylosophical symbol that can represent many things from issue you have to solve to the way of life: from birth to death. The structure of the labyrinth has one entrance and one final destination. While you are going on it's road you may consider many questions and realize that you may be close to your goal, however, you will have to find out much more in order to complete it.
     I myself realized and felt the two perspectives of this labyrinth: perspective from Google map and being inside of it. From Google map you see it's shape, the full shape which shows you the labyrinth with it's clear passes; however, you don't know what is it made of. My expectations were that the labyrinth is surronded by short walls and you actually have to go through it. When I got there, the labyrinth was used as a decoration for the most part and the road was not wide and made of rocks. Also I expected the size of it be bigger. However, in the labyrinth entrance were written words that have some meaning, that you couldn't see on the map. The labyrinth is not the map, it represents more some symbolic meaning about life and it;s difficulties. The labyrinth, however, organazes the space as it influences mind and behaviour. As it is located just by the hospital it
probably influences patient's spatial's environment.
     This labyrinth was a good exercise for our Team to develope geographical imagination. First we saw the map of it in 2D where we couldn't recognize small details that could affect our opinion about it. Later we went there and saw much more, more of our sences were used there: we could touch it, srep on it, feel the environment and facility that surrounding it and it's purpose.







                                                                               


                                                                           This is the picture I took during our expedition, lower,                                                                         you can see the link that will show you it's look                                                                                       from 2D perspective.                                                        

                                              Map on which labyrinth is located

                                                                               
                               
                                                                                           

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