Architecture and Sensory

We experience architecture right from our birth. Our encounters are enormous, but the encounters which get etched in our memories are usually the ones that have moved our senses that is sight, smell, touch, sound and on rare occasion even taste. Be it the dynamic composition, the unconventional use of materials, the colour palette received because of juxtaposition of light and shadow, all contribute towards the evolvement of sensory experiences. The studio also enables one to identify a program not only to suit the purpose but rather to make a change and evoke emotion. The studio aims to address and investigate, the constant heightened experiences derived from various architectural languages, explore its parameters, to form a library of design tools. These tools become the basis to design contemplative spaces/installations that will act as inserts within various mundane settings in our cities. The idea is to enrich the process of Observing, Recording and Visualization, within the proposed architecture whilst learning from the precedents that used senses as means of arousing passive audiences.