The document is a digital edition of 'Baby Blue Volume 2' by Stefano Mirti, exploring the transition from nothingness to the concept of place within architectural contexts. It reflects on human evolution, how early civilizations perceived their environment, and the significance of space in their lives. The narrative aims to connect past and present understandings of place, leading towards a further exploration in a future volume.

1. Stefano Mirti
Summer’s over
No homework done and baby blue
volume 2, from nothingness to place

3. this is a special digital copy for
architecture, between the sea and the sky
community
Milan, September 2014

4. In the first booklet, we went through nothingness.
Not an easy task, and we did what we could.
Now, in this second part, we move on.
From nothingness we get to space.
Here we are, on we go.
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5. Stefano Mirti
Summer’s over
No homework done and baby blue
volume 2, from nothingness to place
this is the first digital edition

6. this booklet has no dedication
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7. no table of contents...

8. RRR
Esistevano le condizioni per una vita appas-sionata,
ma ho dovuto distruggerle per poterle
recuperare.
Alighiero Boetti

9. [ 2. talking about place

10. ...we were here, do you remember?
the last pages of the first booklet...
Now, our little prehistoric people could do all
kinds of different things. They even discovered
“time”. Altogether, quite impressive. Hail to
our faraway ancestors!

11. sun
moon
(moving) dinner
all kinds of different “places” where I could be
here I am, now

12. on the curious relation between sun, moon and earth
they noticed the place where the sun sets
young lady with mirror

14. where the sun sets.
the way the moon moves around.
the forest with wolves.
the cave where we live.
all of a sudden, “places” where in his mind.
little by little, the world was taking shape,
form & meaning...
an articulate, complex meaning.

17. once in a while, I like to play with Illustrator

18. to observe
to reproduce

19. A
B
D
E
F
G
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23. to look at, to observe, to think, to track,
to measure, to imagine, to reproduce,
to try...
a long way to go

24. can you see it?

25. ridge woods
bamboo

26. now, finally, they found a place
better: they found place
they had place where to live and die

27. from nothingness, now they had “place”

28. again, can you see it?

29. next, they would start to observe the sky.
next, they would start to map the sky.
North Star, constellations, compasses, etc. etc.
Soviet Sputnik
early Chinese constellations
scissors

30. here a detail of the first map of the stars
ever made in the history
of humankind

31. very ancient bird
mighty volcano
things coming out from the volcano
big city
many people
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32. ms boobs
map of the known world

33. The iguana is not convinced at all.
All of these inventions, what are they for?
Why spend all this energy to build a house on
stilts? Much better to frolick (for one million
years) under the stark prehistoric sun.

34. So, this is how we got to Stonehenge and the like.
A long journey, with many more things to tell.

41. PS
captions
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42. Volume 2 is over.
Now, let’s move to volume 3...

43. This is the first digital version of this
book.
Milan, fall 2014.

44. xxxx
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