IoordnS tor TrouDLE 169 Return to tlre Table Drawing IZo aatrlng placeg L77. about covering the exploratory gaps between the places we use, distribute and act on our feelings and the environment in which they develop. about awareness of how countries affect us and how we affect them. about experiencing and knowing places, learning wlrat makes places good for our people and others. places.about learning how to do more good. In fact, you can simply enjoy projects, compacting them with your experience. Whenever you choose, enjoy your places experience and, in the end, maybe you can make some nice places yourself.
Senstn€ the Place
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But the nature of the place also makes an important contribution to the experience. Some designers (especially in the baroque and modern periods) have consciously manipulated space in cities and buildings to enhance the experience of moving through it. The time of day and the position of the sun create continuous plays of light and shadow in places, changing our perception of their volume, slope, texture and color.
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Get in touch with your feelings about places, fill in the blanks in the fouow-jng statoments. foe to extend the lists beyond the number of printed blanks. are characteristics of places I don't like." llaco to love, a Blace to hate. hat you feel thoroughly positive. where you have the strongest. Our feelings about places are a combination of reactions to the pl5rsic nature of place a, IId to what happens.. On the other hand, pt5rsic properties carl in themselves make places appropriating, sa,nt or urrplea- sable.
It will be very difficult to separate these two aspects, because places are complex wholes that combine physical and human characteristics. People react differently to the same place, not only in the intensity of their reactions, but even in the basic direction of their feelings. Although we discuss our feelings about the plaque with other people, differences in reactions are due to the DJ's personal preferences, cultural values, or prior experiences.
On the other hand, the places we live in can also limit our activities, as our bedroom is too small for push-ups. In order to allow us to do what we want and to show others what we "want", we remove our territories from other people and adapt them to express our individuality. Small changes like hanging a picture or placing your favorite swivel chair on the porch are easy to make.
Do you feel that the features and characteristics of your home have had a specific impact on your use of it?
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To get the impact you've had, outline the plan for your red or workplace in black and overall the modj"flcatlons you've made for the bar. In our workplace, and in the objects and images we choose. We need for opportunities to express ourselves in our places, and we often feel frustrated if we cannot personalize ourselves.
In some modern Ece buildings, the workers are e.g. fed up with instructions that prohibit any change to your environment. Some workplaces are so strictly controlled that employees are not allowed to have personal items at all, even photos of their families. These restrictions on the per- gonalisatlon of places are sometimes codified, a,s 1rr prlson re€lulatlons or rentals.
Sitting at the workplace for several people. You can bypass them from the links they have and the way they have arranged them. Take two separate series of photographs, one of his workplace and one of the people outside his workplace. Amos Fapopori's House Form and Culture (Preniice-Ha, 11, 1969) considers the different places where people live and relates, among other things,
Any place for EverX&trin$ you have could be better served by one place than by aoorLleP.
A Day tn the Ltfe
Write down what you do, what you do it with, how long you spend doing it, where the activity takes place and how you feel. Choose two places from your activity log that are most different, and remember how you felt in them. Other places may be difficult to use for an activity because they are too far away, too expensive, or reserved for the use of a certain group of people.
Sometimes thls is fair and easy r:nd.er- stood, as when aileys are made bowling with. By understanding the relationship between our activities and places in our everyday lives, we can become more aware and mindful of our choices. At d.olng 8o, we direct our actions and use places in special ways: our experience in a supermarket is much different when we 8x browse from the place, we are a place to buy bread for dlnner.
W:lle experience our places in terms of the expectations we bring to tlrem, the placeg ttrremselveg ale not completely pa881ve. If we begin with a specific attention, such as reading a book, we can develop a clear lma€Je that we proceed with, based on memories, expectations, and our past experience in the place. A marketin6l BtrateEbr that serves the needs of the seller may not be in the best interests of the consumer.
Sirlce design factors that facilitate the objectives of a group of people may not facilitate them.
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Shoes a;re not' dirty i]] thelriselve8, bui it ls dliy to place t}.em on the diill:}g-table; food ls nol diIty in iise]f, bul ii is difiy to leave cook]IrE. We do not live in a world ]]l that leaves us dlscrllr1l] under a^lL the possible sensory slimuli lll our environments, or react to every sumr.llus as if ii totally new and foreign. Ii is through namulg and classification that the whole rich world of lninit€ vBriabll- iIy shfln]rs becomes manipulable size and bearable.
A Place for Ever5rtlrfng
For example, the newest objects are all located in the most public areas. other systems, such as hanging blue things in one room, or placing all kinds of things that need to be repaired or repaired. In your house, watching how it works. Our ways of categorizing thins, people, anal. skills have a profound impact on the environment. For example, the available storage systems and layout may require a change to our usual organization.
Kitchens and offices, for example, are equipped with drawers and. shelves that allow the items to be grouped, seps, rated in specific ways. As a result, people place their orders to take action. customize their cats, or change their categories to fit their places. For example, sleeping in the living room, eating in the bathroom or preparing a meal in my bedroom.
The Sunset book on storage (Lane, 1975) presents many ideas about organizing categories of items in the home.
Bound,artes and, Gonnectlons
Sketch a floor plan of the site, with boundaries of,rd connections indicated by different colors or sJrboles to show how difficult or easy they are to cross. In ttre designs of English country houses from the nineteenth century, "the art of the architect was to or-. The tendency in schools, offices, shops and tlomes is to e more open primary schools, with fewer grandchildren. between rooms' While tJris results in greater collapsibility and increased opportunity for commurricatlon, the lapk of the enclosure makes some people feel exposed and uncomfortable.' On the other hand, we still have1 many well-contaminated borders.
Social factors that affect privacy include the activities, attitudes8, rules and conventions of the people involved. Most of our important activities involve communicating or interacting with other people, talking, listening, touching! or ex_. The settings in which these interactions occur have a significant impact on the quality and effectiveness of ttte communications.
Although interactions varXr from intimate exchanges between two people to 1arge pubuc encounters, the nature of the interaction is de_. For oxarnple, a large lecture hall with seats bolted in place towards the front of the room is not conducive to small group committee work. If the distance rules are broken, you can look down on the lesser mortals, who can have joy or embarrassment.
There are many interactions, but the success of a place depends on its support for the interactions that take place here. In the event that this is the reason, it would be kind of you not to mention it. With a representative fi'om rhe loca, Parallzed Velerans Associa- iion, Easter SeaJ Society, Vocationa.l Rehabllitation Office, or a simj]ar group to determine a barrier removal site in your area.
To make a portrait of the place, the information gathered for each of these aspects must be turned into a role: an image of the place that expresses its totality. Create a visual lma€e, sueh as a collage (perhaps overlaid on a map or plan of the place) that expresses your understanding of the place. By analyzing some of the important elements of a dlstinktlve place, we can learn to recognize more of them around us and strengthen those we enjoy.
9ubr:rbia by Bill Owens (Sma€hl Arow Books, 1972) is a slrrkl.rrg portrait of the place where most Americans live.
