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Hederivesit,notwithoutqualifications,fromKurtLewin,
aGestaltpsychologistwhocontributedtofounding
severalnewfieldsofsocialresearchintheU.S.,including
groupdynamicsandenvironmentaltheory.5Applying
“hodologicalprinciples,”Lewinusedtopological
representationtodescribeanddiagramthepathways
interconnectingindividualswiththeirenvironment.Like
theword“odometer,”theinstrumentonthedashboard
thatmeasuresthedistanceanautomobilehastraveled,
“hodology”comesfromtheGreekwordforpath,route
orroad.Asopposedtotheobjectivegeometry
ofEuclideanspace,hodologicalspaceisfluid,qualitative
andsubjective.Itisthespaceofembodiedconsciousness
movingthroughtheworld,aroadmapofdirections
accordingtowhichdailylifeandfutureprojectsare
mentallyplottedandcarriedout.Elsewhere,inanessay
onthepainterDavidHare,Sartredescribes
itas“furrowedbypathsandcurrents,contracted
orexpandedbyouractions,coloredbyouremotions—a
spacethatclingstouslikeourclothes.”6Inthelargest
sense,hodologicalspaceiscoextensivewith“life,animal
andhumanlifeasitappearswhenitundergoesrefraction
inahumanenvironment.”7
Hansen’sownlifework,
whichhewoulddescribe
asan“artofenvironment,”8
comesclosetoSartre’s
metaphysicsoflivedspace.Like
Sartre,heconceivedofthe
physicalenvironment
asapsychogeographicframe
ofreferencebothrefractingand
refractedbyitsoccupants.“It
actsonusandweonit,”asSartrewrites.9ForHansen
thisreciprocatingrelationshipbecamethebasisfor
anoriginalspatialpractice,onethatceasedtoapproach
architectureasthemakingofauthoriallydefinedand
signedobjects,butratherasacontinuousnegotiation
betweenaforegroundandwhathecalledan“absorptive
