Atmosphere We all have distinct memories of specific places that have affected us in the past. When describing such places, we tend to initially explain what we saw or what we did. When elaborated further, we explain the feelings and emotions of what we smelled, the sounds that we heard, the things that we ate, what we felt and what we saw. These are the real memories, the ones that affected not only our memories but our emotions and senses as well. These are the memories that will endure, remaining as irreplaceable and irreplicable moments of our past. A stimulation of our senses undeniably leaves the largest impression on us. If this is so, why are we not focusing more on our human senses to produce high-quality spaces that affect the senses of individuals engaging with them? The fundamental tool of utilizing and understanding atmosphere to produce powerful and moving architecture needs to be revisited as arguably the most important tool that architects can utilize in their work. Designing for the postmodern world must employ a phenomenological approach to architecture. In a world lacking consensus, we must focus more on the
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