Is Anybody Home ?
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This essay considers the healing potential of Architecture through the gentle but persistent power of Systems Intelligence. The premises for this deliberation come from the mundane life of a dweller and her encounters in space. Home is seen as the interpreter of a person’s inner world and as a potential catalyst for a change into a more humane and dignified life. Furthermore the process of building has been examined in relation to the act of dwelling. The purpose has been to emphasize the meaning of multiple layers of both material and immaterial life, created by the inhabitant through her being in a place. This relates architecture to the overlapping disciplines examining the meaning of place through all our senses and social connections. The essence of a home is seen to be comprised mainly of life enriched by unpredictable changes.
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