Architectural opinions

The unease that we feel from fearing the unknown closely links to the idea of disgust that some people tend to feel when introduced to something new. From a design point of view. It can be argued that it's extremely difficult for original designs to release due to this criticism against the idea of something new or know very little about. As clients are unwilling to accept something new and would rather opt for the familiar. This line of thinking could be used to argue the many cases of resurfacing trends in design, a few examples are how in fashion the resurgence of 90's era clothing and in architecture the many revivals of old styles such as gothic and romanesque. This makes it harder for new ideas to flourish as they get categorised as something that already exists, people tend to explain things using ideas and words that people are familiar with, which also doesn't benefit the development of new styles. The outcome of this is the stagnation of progress and development i...

The fear of being forgotten. In the text Being and Time by   Martin Heidegger. It is mentioned that one of the many ways that we experience the existence of other people are through the things they involve themselves with. Even if it is indirect or a subconscious thought, we are constantly reminded of the existence of other people. For example when you see an empty car on the street. Even though it may not occur as a direct thought, we cannot deny that there's a cognitive understanding that the car belongs to someone thus someone owns the car, henceforth we can also assume that the owner is nearby. But if we take the car out of context and we somehow were to come across the car in the middle of nowhere like a mountain top or the desert, it begins to raise questions, and we as viewers start to question the assumptions we have made. This is more commonly known as the uncanny effect. The uncanny effect which stems from the fear of the unknown, generates unease and ambiguity.  Bui...