Who I Really Am

• Jared and Lori - architect who is intentional about space.
• Jared - president of architecture firm. Also a coach for enterprise.
• Architect and yoga teacher. Jared had anxiety and bipolar. Started thinking about how environement affects you.
• How to create an environment that nurtures people.
• When we create a place, how do we do it intentionally.
• Marcin's work - Global Village Construction Set - https://opensourceecology.org
• Mentioned a wellness center - https://www.serenbe.com/
• When you design a space - a good space mirrors the human spirit and connections between people.
• So when we design a space - proximity and size. Connection from one to another. How big and how connected it is to ither
• How public and private each space is.
• Degree to which it is connected matters.
• For example - highway is a disconnected space. Highways should facilitate interaction.
• Example: public space in front of house. Yes, cars, but not connecting as people.
• Think about spaces between most public - and most private.
• Think about designing a space - think of public space, and think about private: transition is needed.
• Don't put your front door right on highway - transition it closer in - for safety.
• The more open it is, the less private.
• The more private - the more you belong.
• When we design a place - centrality of things. Proximity to other things - is their value system.
• IMagine you build front door right on highway. If you build bathroom on street - you assume that function would be most important. Usually off the road, some green, sidewalk, front yard. Off sidewalk is a courtyard. There is a suggestion of going from public, to private. If there is a sidewalk, it's an invitation.
• Covered porch - is a welcome to someone who visits. All these are transitions.
• As humans - we want to transition gradually into expressing values of human connection.
• At campus level - we memorialize human interactions in structures. We either create open mingling spaces. We may have rapid or slow transitions. If not designed - then we are not intentional about what we are communicating to people.
• Houses may have names. There is a history. People may have context of history of a place. That has meaning. So in a new house - we have no context of where we are.
• Certain places have a story, which resonates with people.