Reconstructing Reality

R e c o n s t r u c * n g R e a l i t y H a ямБ z u d d i n H a r o n

DESIGNER Who STRIVES to create meaningful EXPERIENCES for PEOPLE

Holds the hand of the person AND walk them through the unraveling journey of the interior ENVIRONMENT

Everyone of us walk through space every day, it’s what surround us

WHAT MAKE A SPACE A

MEMORABLE PLACE

TO CREATE MEANINGFUL MEMORIES WE A L L S H A R E A D E S I R E T O C R E A T E M E M O R I E S

SENSORY MEMORIES?

3 TYPES OF MEMORY

LONG TERM SHORT TERM

SENSORY

HAPTIC

ECHOIC

OLFACTORY

ICONIC

OLFACTORY

OUR SENSES OF SIGHT ONLY H A S A H U N D R E D MILLISECONDS OF RECALL. TOGETHER OUR SENSES FORGE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE MOMENT THAT WE’RE IN

WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF O U R L A S T I N G M E M O R Y

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A S A C U L T U R E , W E B E C O M E O C U L A R C E N T R I C … . . .

SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH THE LENS OF PHONE, OR DIFFERENT DEVICE

W H A T D O E S T H A T D O ?

D O E S T H A T A L L O W U S T O O N L Y

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E

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AND FORSAKE OUR OTHER SENSES ?

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AND AS SOON AS WE HEAR IT W E IMMEDIATELY T R A N S P O R T E D T O T H E PLACE…

SOUNDS INFLUENCE THE DESIGN OF T H E I N T E R I O R S P A C E S U C H ; MATERIALS WHAT PERSONALITY DOES THIS MATERIALS HAVE?

WHAT ARE IT’S CHARACTERISTICS?

WE’RE

COMMUNICATED TO A STORY

WE’RE

TOLD A STORY

ABOUT WHAT THAT SPACE IS, ITS MISSION…

IT’S ENVIRONMENTALY AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

THAT’S THE SAME PERSONALITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE TAMPLE

WHEN WE SEE THIS TEXTUAL MATERIAL

WE’RE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO A ZEN TEMPLE

EACH MORNING WE’D WAKE UP TO THE HOT, HUMID, MUGGY DAY

ZAZEN IS THE HEART OF ZEN BUDDHIST PRACTICE. THE AIM IS JUST SITTING SUSPENDING ALL JUDGEMENTAL THINKING AND LETTING WORDS, IDEAS, IMAGES AND THOUGHTS PASS B Y W I T H O U T G E T T I N G I N V O L V E D I N T H E M .

P R A C T I T I O N E R S TRADITIONALLY SIT ZAZEN AS A GROUP IN A MEDITATION HALL, USUALLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZENDO. SITS ON THE CUSHION CALLED A ZAFU, WHICH ITSELF IS USUALLY PLACED ON TOP OF A LOW, FLAT MAT CALLED A ZABUTON

A N D A S T H A T

S Y M P H O N Y

B U I L T A R O U N D , I T T R A N S P O R T E D A PERSON

TO

A

D I F F E R E N T P L A C E

T R A N S C E N D …

I N G

PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN THE ATMOSPHERE

WHAT MEMORIES DO THESE SOUNDS CONJURE FOR THESE PEOPLE?

T H O S T O O D E S I U S E MEAN

E A R E T H L S A S G N E R , W T O C R E A T INGFUL AN

E A E E D

M E M O R I B L E SPACES.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS

WE CAN’T GET

BY LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR DEVICES…

W E D E S I G N I N G T O D A Y I N O R D E R F O R PEOPLE TO HAVE

M E M O R I E S IN THE FUTURE

W I L L Y O U PICTURES,

O N L Y

H A V E

BUT NOT REALLY BE IMMERSED IN THAT MOMENT??

DON’T TO BECOME A C U L T U R E W I T H O U T MEMORIES.

S T A R T RECONSTRUCTING O U R O W N REALITYTHROUGH

SENSORIAL &

M E A N I N G F U L MEMORIES

IN ORDER TO CREATE MEANINGFUL MEMORIES

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