Week 2: Perception of the City

How do we perceive a city?

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Perception is a curious matter, and everyone in the world perceives things at a different level. As an architect being able to perceive spaces is very important, as Mirko had mentioned. Perception of spaces is really subjective to the user, a space that we find interesting, won't necessarily have the same effect on other users. Views are also affected by the culture and environment that we were born into.

I have traveled to different places and seen different types of cities and their architecture. Cities have they own way of utilising their spaces, and differences can be seen in the world. Places can be split into 'thick' and 'thin'. Places that are centralized, like large cities, a thin place would be a more rural area. The perception of these places also effect 'thick' and 'thin', if you have had a prior experience at the place, you would classify it as 'thick' and for 'thin', would be a place you would have never been before.