P4 || A Room A Pool || Nicole Bunzel
Reading – Architecture of the Seven Senses
- Natural materials: stone, brick, and wood
- Renaissance: highest sense sight → lowest touch
- Architecture always multi-sensory
- Acoustic hardness in uninhabited and unfurnished homes/spaces
- Most essential auditory quality created by architecture is tranquility
- “Art is made by the alone for the alone”
- Water drops on water in darkness → carve volume into a void of darkness
Description – This pool will be a tranquil place for mature people to enjoy. This is a place to come alone or with a companion but not to socialize, but rather to relax and enjoy a sense of meditation. Humans lead busy lives and need a place to decompress and slow down their restless thoughts. This pool room will evoke sensations of tranquility, solitude, and peace. These sensory experiences will be achieved by how the materiality of the space affects the sound qualities.
Senses – Human Experience of Sound
- How will water affect the sound traveling through the pool room?
- What materials are best for the room to absorb sound?
- How should the room be shaped to keep the room from getting too loud?
