The Perception of self : an examination of encoding self-cues into architecture and its manifestation

Abstract

Eachspace manifests an engraved story. It speaks in silence. No one can hear but felt through the expressions that it springs out. When the space begins to speak in its utmost ability, and the observer who enlighten by the dialogue, the space becomeshumane. Where the man becomes a part of it, it enwraps it's being, and becomesthe glamorous corner of the world: "the home". Thehome is not a mere built entity; it has the ability to be the share of the shared space in the world of the person who dwells. The home becomes the image, the mirror image of the dweller, it hides the secrets of him, and it elaborates his being amongthe fellowmen. It enshrines his living and becomes the perfection of 'self' by beingthe profound center in the world of him. Hencethe creation of home is something, which fuse emotions into being and makea continuous dialogue between the dweller and the spatial entities. Creating a self-expressive domain it complicated. A home is thus not a dream of the creator, but the insight he obtained into the collective dream of the family who tend to dwell in. Then the home becomes specific to that family who beholds. It has a specific aura of that family. The family personality pervades the dwelling, the psycho-socio profile of each individual as the 'self' is originated from the social realm, and the inner expressions of the dweller becomes the key factor of the ultimate creation, the collective glimpse of the fine tapestry of the man and his family.