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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL FORM 33▲ 3.22 Faculty of Journalism, Pamplona, Spain, Vicens and Ramos, 1996. Walls visuallydominate the exterior.▲ 3.23An interior architecture of walls.Faculty of Journalism, Pamplona, walls not only dominate its façades,but also define interior spaces (Figs 3.22 and 3.23). In some areas of thebuilding horizontal slots force the walls to span horizontally and functionstructurally like beams, and even balustrades read as low walls.Inside and out, walls dominate the architectural experience. Fortunately,any possible blandness arising from this architecture of walls is mitigatedby exterior elevational and interior spatial variation, careful attentionto surface textures, and the lightening of the concrete colour. Therectilinear form of the walls strengthens the orthogonal architecturethey support, enclose and subdivide.