As a human being, I believe that
in every action we do, it comes from the history of experience and knowledge we
gain over our past life as Information I would say, is the key factor in human
behavior. This information that I am talking about is the information gained
from the basic sense of the human body. But elaborate more towards Weizman’s
lethal theory, I will lean towards the sense of sight. As a child, it is a
common experience for anyone to be scared of the dark. Being unable to see what
is ahead or around you, the possibility of the unknown seem almost limitless.
But if you were to take this experience of darkness and reflect it to a person
with their eyes shut or blind folded not knowing the room is lit, they would
have the same experience of fear. But if they were to have known that the room
is lit, the experience of fear may be less or non existence.
In terms of architecture, it
appears that the elements we use (may it be wall, glass ceiling etc.) plays a
role in influencing the human mind. An empty room may be interpreted as
solitude or privacy, depending on one person’s past and current experiences. To
elaborate more on this, using the movie “world war Z”. There was a scene where
Israel have built a 100ft wall to protect them from the zombies wandering
outside the walls. The people felt safe. When the zombies began stacking,
people were unaware.
What I am trying to show here is
that, the people inside the wall who supposedly felt safe are in actual fact in
danger. But it is because of the wall which has created the illusion that they
are safe, they have blocked out reality basing on the past experience of using
the wall in prisons or even the fences of our home. So, going back to
architecture, it appears that the elements we use can be interpreted any how
depending on the understanding of the user. To truly understand one true space
of the designer, information or study is needed otherwise it can be
misinterpreted with the past experiences that had before.
