Procession and Pause: Liturgy in Space at Saint‑Denis

Procession is architecture performed. Stations emerge where light, altars, and tombs intersect — orchestrating chant, incense, and gesture. Space guides bodies; bodies activate space.

🧭 Routes & Stations

• West to east: Entry catechized by sculpture; ascent toward light.
• Ambulatory loops: Integrate chapels and relic shrines.
• Necropolis pauses: Memory folded into ritual.
• Axis compression: Near the altar, tempo tightens.

🎶 Sound & Scent

• Acoustic cues: Vaults enrich chant and prayer.
• Incense: Smell marks thresholds and feasts.
• Response: Call‑and‑response braids voices with space.

Liturgy is a moving text — read with bodies and voices.