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| − | These five examples, taken from Christopher Alexander's Influential ''''A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction'''' mark the beginning of a database describing how humans needs are met through the spaces and places they use on a regular basis. | + | These five examples, taken from Christopher Alexander's Influential ''''A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction'''' mark the beginning of a database describing how humans needs are met through the spaces and places they use on a regular basis. The purpose behind creation this library is to construct a vocabulary that can be used to describe the conditions and components of Intimacy; to break down the term into more manageable pieces, accompanied with diagrammatic, written and photographic descriptions. |
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Intimacy
in·ti·ma·cy
- the state of being intimate: familiarity
- something of a personal or private nature
synonyms: belonging, closeness, inseparability, familiarity, nearness
Conditions of Intimacy
Intimacy can be defined in many different ways. Three ways in which we have researched intimacy are in the realms of psychology, culture, and phenomenology.
Psychological Intimacy
These five examples, taken from Christopher Alexander's Influential 'A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction' mark the beginning of a database describing how humans needs are met through the spaces and places they use on a regular basis. The purpose behind creation this library is to construct a vocabulary that can be used to describe the conditions and components of Intimacy; to break down the term into more manageable pieces, accompanied with diagrammatic, written and photographic descriptions.
"Now I am traversed by bridle paths, under the seal of sun and shade...I live in great density...Shelter lures me. I slump down into the thick foliage...In the forest, I am my entire self. Everything is possible in my heart just as it is in the hiding places in ravines. Thickly wooded distance separates me from moral codes and cities." (Bachelard quoting Menard in The Poetics of Space, 187)
