Challenge
We live within an envelope of air that affects our wellbeing and shapes our perception of the world around us, but we frequently dismiss atmosphere and bodily sensation as considerations in designing our cities and public spaces.
For a seminar on atmospheric design at Harvard Graduate School of Design, I investigated the Islamic garden palaces of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain to help advance atmosphere as a concept that can expand the ecological, physiological and humanistic scopes in design.
Having lived in Granada and visited the Alhambra several times, I was really interested in finding ways to connect the lineage of its design language to the unique human experience of the palaces.