Creating optimum spaces for individuals

( Architecture )
Title : Creating optimum spaces for individuals
Author  Architects of Duarte Aznar Arquitectos SCP and partners, and 4A Arquitectos SCP  - MEXICO
Source  : IFHE Digest 2011

Space within the built environment can create a stimulus that affects human behavior and can produce different responses. Important are the dimensions and proportions of an area, whether it is open or closed , its temperature, and its lighting , materials, colours, textures, scents and even acoustic resonances. All these factors can produce stimuli but what is felt by the individual depends on his or her culture and sensivity