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The connection between water and architecture and water’s role in the creation of a suitable living environment go much deeper than might seem at first sight. Water is capable of dividing as well as uniting and of serving as a natural barrier or focus of attraction. It may be used for utilitarian or aesthetic purposes and may be simultaneously both reality and symbol.