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The human senses of which we look to explore at the design stage and then evoke:

Bright Living Space

Sense of space |

Proprioception

We discover the world through our senses.

 

The way a space looks is obviously important, but people's experience of architecture is intrinsically multisensory in nature.  It is said that we spend over 80% of our lives in buildings, so we put the human experience at the beginning of the process.

 

A 'space' is a place for many senses: sight, sound, touch, and the unaccountable things that happen in between.

Man Looking Out to the Mountains

Sight

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/sʌɪt/

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noun

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the faculty or power of seeing.

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synonyms:

 

eyesight, vision, eyes, faculty of sight, power of sight, ability to see, visual perception, 

observation

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a thing that one sees or that can be seen.​

Man with headphones

Hearing

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/ˈhɪərɪŋ/

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noun

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the faculty of perceiving sounds.

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synonyms:

 

ability to hear, faculty of hearing, sense of hearing, aural faculty, auditory perception

"people who have very acute hearing"

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an opportunity to state one's case.

Incense

Smell

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/smɛl/

 

noun

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the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose.

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verb

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perceive or detect the odour or scent of (something).

Dirty Hands
Herbs and Minerals

Taste

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Touch

/teɪst/

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noun

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the sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance.

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synonyms:​​

 

palate, sense of taste, taste buds, appetite, stomach

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verb

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perceive or experience the flavour of.

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/tʌtʃ/

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verb​

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Come into or be in contact with.

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synonyms:

 

be in contact (with), come together(with), meet, connect, 

converge (with), be contiguous (with), border (on), be (up) against, link up (with), adjoin, abut, neighbour

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handle in order to interfere with, alter, or otherwise affect.

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