BLOGPOST BY CARMEN GARCIA SANCHEZ / DATE 12.06.2023
Shisendo Temple in Fall, Kyoto (Japan) © PhD Carmen García Sánchez
Shisendo Temple in Spring, Kyoto (Japan) © PhD Carmen García Sánchez
“ Time is the dimension in which buildings actually come to life: how their shadows and steel engage the days and seasons of the world, how they guide the movements of people and things, and how they project the past into the future, the once-was into the could-be” David Leatherbarrow Professor of Architectural Theory and Design.
The transformations of nature and its processes, such as seasonal and temporal changes throughout the four seasons, have the capacity to convey the enriching experience of the passage of time. This also contributes to humans´ connection with life cycles and biological rhythms, and enhances human biophilic responses. Time is a key dimension to perform nature-connectedness through an architectural design.
It has received funding from the European
Union’s H2020 research and innovation
programme under the MSCA grant
agreement 896651. The present action
reflects only the author’s view and it does
not engage in any way the views of the
European Commission