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The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa. An interesting essay on the human aspects of architecture, nowadays referred to as experience architecture. He lectured on this issue last year in The Netherlands with Peter Zumthor. Basically, what this means, is that architecture is meant for humans. This sounds as an open door. But the thought behind it is, that human beings are sensory beings and architecture, or for that matter all disciplines designing spaces, need to be aware of the needs of humans. Our senses need to be stimulated. The touch and texture of natural materials, perhaps their smell, visual stimuli….they all need to be carefully considered and incorporated in projects. Somewhere Pallasmaa talks about the door handle as the hand shake of a building. That is so true. We often overlook these simple things, but it is our first encounter with a building. What is the first impression we want our users to have?
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