When is it we stopped designing things to make people feel
alive?
I live in a room where I cannot see the sky.
I work in an office with no windows.
I walk outside and the buildings are so close, there’s
little difference between a sunny and a cloudy day.
The water I drink from the faucet meets the minimum drinking
requirements.
The chair I sit on is a chair. There’s little consideration
for the alignment of my body
.
I live in an artificially lit environment 23 out of the 24
hours of any one day (even the street lights invade my room at night).
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| Gaudi's Sagrada Famila, Barcelona |
When did we stop considering any kind of quality of life,
and think merely in terms of quantity? Why don’t we create worlds of
inspiration, greenery, treasure troves of humanity and life? We live longer and
longer, but without inspiration, simply with functionality. I don’t just want
to just function, I want to be alive.
