Nothing influences our lives more than place. Our surroundings affect our relationships, emotions, habits, even how long we'll live. So if we design places with care, purpose and the human experience in mind, we can nurture well-being, foster creativity and innovation, build stronger, more resilient communities.
Industrialization had ruined our relationship to meaningful sound interactions in urban spaces especially, and had created a kind of dense white noise that alienated ourselves from acoustic conversations and interaction.
The homes that most Americans live in are not designed to make people really have any kind of community or connection or broader place in the world. And so when we watch these homes on TV, I think we get to we get a taste of that.
6mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
