Perception is an illusion

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.