Desire Path

October 13, 2007

Desire path

Desire Path: A term in landscape architecture used to describe a path that isn’t designed but rather is worn casually away by people finding the shortest distance between two points.

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One Response to “Desire Path”

  1. Maylin Says:

    I know that Gaston Bachelard coined the term in his book Poetics of Space, but do you know where in the book it is? What chapter or even page? I can’t seem to find it.


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