Bernhard Schneider’s article addressing geometric representation and human perception was interesting to me. In particular, the idea that our understanding of space relates to its perception by the eye seems to be an opportunity for architects. I am reminded of one such instance of delight which I experienced observing a walkway approach to Saarinen’s Morse and Stiles Colleges at Yale. The walkway goes between the nine story gothic tower of the gym and the faceted walkway that rises and falls as it passes between the colleges. Although the vast majority of people walking this pathway would say that it has a constant width, it is actually twice as wide near the colleges compared to near the gym. The result was very different impressions of approach compared with leaving. My impression of leaving the colleges was that the gym appears very large and at great distance, since from the vantage point of the colleges, the reduced pathway width heightened the sense of distance and scale. My impression of approach, on the other hand, was compressed since the expanded width approaching the colleges tended to flatten the perception of the scene. As a result, the walkway seemed much shorter and more like a grand approach. In thinking about the effects of a simple move such as this can shape perception of a space, I wonder now whether and to what end this idea was employed within the spaces of the colleges themselves.