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Towards a phenomenology of architecture 1979, he argues that every space in architecture has a certain genius loci. Pdf genius loci towards a phenomenology of architecture. Towards a phenomenology of architecture norbergschulz, christian on. Norbergschulz starts by giving an example with the poem a winter evening by george trakl in which every day words are used.