Thursday, July 31, 2008

Project 2a Group work

Project 2 starts!
Starting do some readings and looking for theory of design that relate to "INTIMACY" in the books.


The eyes of the skin

Architecture and the Senses
Juhani Pallasmaa

Summary of good words:

The view of Ashley Montagu, the anthropologist, based on medical evidence, confirms the primary of the haptic realm:

The skin is the oldest and the most sensitive of our organs, our first medium of communication, and our most efficient protector...Even the transparent cornea of the eye is overlain by a layer of modified skin...
Touch is the parent of our eyes, ears, nose and mouth. It is the sense which became differentiated into the others, a fact that seems to be recognized in the age-old evaluation of touch as "the mother of the senses".