Touch It, Smell It, Feel It: Architecture for the Senses
This article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine as "Architecture You Can Smell" A Brief History of Multisensory Design."
Arakawa + Gins' Bioscleave House in East Hampton, New York used non-orthogonal geometries, undulating floors, and even isolation pods in their experiments to create architecture's that would "stop ageing." Image via Metropolis Magazine. Image Courtesy of Dimitris Yeros, © 2008 Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with permission of the estate of Madeline Gins
This article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine as "Architecture You Can Smell" A Brief History of Multisensory Design."What comes to mind when you encounter the term ?sensory design?" Chances are it is an image: a rain room, a funky eating utensil, a conspicuously textured chair. But the way things actually feel, smell, even taste, is much harder to capture. This difficulty points to how deeply ingrained the tyranny of vision is. Might the other senses be the keys to unlocking broader empirical truths" Does the ocular-centric bias of art, architecture, and design actually preclude a deeper collective experience"Such questions are at the heart of the current Cooper Hewitt exhibition The Senses: Design Beyond Vision, curated by Ellen Lupton and Andrea Lipps. ?People go to museums because they want an authentic experience with real things, but their only experience is visual; how is that authentic&quo...
Arakawa + Gins' Bioscleave House in East Hampton, New York used non-orthogonal geometries, undulating floors, and even isolation pods in their experiments to create architecture's that would "stop ageing." Image via Metropolis Magazine. Image Courtesy of Dimitris Yeros, © 2008 Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with permission of the estate of Madeline Gins
This article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine as "Architecture You Can Smell" A Brief History of Multisensory Design."What comes to mind when you encounter the term ?sensory design?" Chances are it is an image: a rain room, a funky eating utensil, a conspicuously textured chair. But the way things actually feel, smell, even taste, is much harder to capture. This difficulty points to how deeply ingrained the tyranny of vision is. Might the other senses be the keys to unlocking broader empirical truths" Does the ocular-centric bias of art, architecture, and design actually preclude a deeper collective experience"Such questions are at the heart of the current Cooper Hewitt exhibition The Senses: Design Beyond Vision, curated by Ellen Lupton and Andrea Lipps. ?People go to museums because they want an authentic experience with real things, but their only experience is visual; how is that authentic&quo...
-------------------------------- |
|
Araz House: Pimodek’s Contemporary Redesign in Istanbul
01-05-2024 05:09 - (
architecture )
Water’s Edge Residence: Sustainable Design in Hot, Humid Texas Climate
01-05-2024 05:09 - (
architecture )