INTRODUCTION
Spaces are good mediums for affecting emotions. In places where intense emotions run high, materials, sounds, smells, light, and colour have an enormous impact on how people perceive themselves and cope with their situations.1 The proposed project will involve creating an artistic space where people tend to interact and learn from one another. An unpredictable and spontaneous place where encourages creativeness. Architecture highly affects the health of people both mentally and physically. The utilitarian shell that is architecture subconsciously informs and structures people’s understanding and expectations. Individuals may become a reflection of the environment in which they live. Project exploration starts with how people feel and how our subconscious will influence our feelings and emotions. Regarding architecture and creation of the sense of belonging, architecture and the built environment that people inhabit affect and more closely define the view they have of themselves. As Roberts and Carlisle suggest, “architectural settings that individuals feel connected to form a part of their psyche even after the built fabric of these structures no longer exists. Such architecture continues to reside in people’s memories and stories, informing their image of who they are.”2
1 Beggs, Jennifer Lynda, “Healing through Architecture.” Master’s thesis, University of Waterloo, 2015. 2 Glusac, Tanja, “Architecture and Belonging: Migration, Re-territorialisation and SelfIdentity.” PhD diss., Curtin University, 2015.
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