As humans we have strayed from the beaten path of our animalistic ancestors and rather than adjusting ourselves to our environment, we've adjusted our environment to fit ourselves.
Over time we've continued to develop architecture in ways that could never be foreseen. We've made leaps and bounds in sciences creating the most amazing structures. However somewhere along the line there was a sidestep made and according to chaos theory we are slowly beginning to see it's effects.
Architecture has become the vehicle for the artistic and structural pioneers through the ages. The time and thought that has gone into the spaces they've created is greater than you think.
But do we really consider the spaces we live in? In our everyday lives do we think about the windflow through our house and how it works in our favour? Do we ever consider the difference a slightly higher ceiling will make to our mood on a bad day? Do we consider the extra metre of space we have to walk across a hallway when arriving home after a long day of work?
Are we aware of the spaces we live in? Or has the developing world of specialised careers and mind conditioning lead us to simply exist in our space rather than live in it? Has our focus been drawn away from things, so that we take for granted an essential element in our lives such as the spaces we live in?
Do we take advantage of the complexities of our spaces?
Parasentinel evocation is an idea I would like to explore where a parasitic element can be added to a space to evoke us to be more aware of the spaces we live in. Through experimentation I hope to evoke that sense of people and place in the general population.
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