Conclusion

Conclusion

Not every space can generate an emotional response from the individual engaging with it. There is also no one correct way of achieving it. Architecture of a muted intensity is my attempt at defining and calling attention to few specific concepts and themes that can be utilized to achieve a unique language founded on emotion, feeling, and dialogue. Designing spaces that are universally engaging, rather than focusing on stimulating only those of a particular background, allows for a universally intriguing architecture. As we live in a global society that is constantly growing, developing, and diversifying, muted intensity acts as an opposing force, a sort of respite from a constantly moving world. Modesty, simplicity, and clarity are necessary in order to create a level of intensity within architecture, with the intensity stemming from a dialogue between person, place, and the built environment. As simple spaces alone do not suffice in create intriguing environments, a deliberate and visible conversation between elements of the built environment stimulate our individual emotions and establish a sense

that we have engaged with something out of the ordinary, something unique, something special. The anatomy, or physical makeup of a space must be carefully crafted to allow for all individuals, regardless of background, to be intrigued by it, to be moved by it. Designing moments within architecture that break our typical rhythm or change the way we typically engage with a building helps us to slow down as individuals and appreciate what we are experiencing. Moments when we are forced to slow down and question why something is the way it is, is the ultimate goal of an architecture of muted intensity. Thus, an architecture of muted intensity is when a window is either too big or too small; a room too long or too narrow, too dark or too light. When a harmony is broken, and a new language is orchestrated. There is nothing intriguing about a perfectly sized window.