2). The sensory and the space - House(1993) Rachel Whiteread

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The senses are the most primitive born instincts of humans. There are specialized sensory organs and sensory nerve distribution on the part of our body. It collects and accept external stimuli and operated according to All or None Principle, it is the first way of the organism to get the channel or information from the outside world. For humans, there are eye vision, hearing ear, mouth palate, nose, smell and other major organs and specialized in the distribution of tactile skin on their bodies. We contacted every minute of the outside world through the senses, we continue to generate reflections, awareness, feelings and memories through the senses. At the same time It is an uninterrupted message receiving from the outside world. We formed out thinking or concept throng such a system like this. So when you’re hearing certain music, enjoying a special taste, seeing the special color, it might trigger to a certain experience or memories and it is because your sense and thinking links. Sensory link to personal experience is a very common concept.
At our class, our tutor arranged a special activity for us, we experienced the city as a sensory space, not just a visual space. Though this activity, we use our senses to walk into a city or a place we live. We turned to be no aims and walk around in the city, what makes us walk or stay at the place is our feelings and senses. This is a very different experience for me in my daily life in a city. I was aimless in a city space, i follow our feelings and senses, then I started to observed things around us and started to think about everything. My senses and my mind started to be more and more clear. Because it is unlike the normal “me”, this time i was at a city with no aim and the city beco...

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...nd and buildings, those particular classes and groups in the capitalist system is mainly through control of these spaces feature to shape and influence the shape and organization of urban space.” It's like urban design and the use of space in Hong Kong, mainly by the government to play the role of planners to develop policies and direction, re- organization of urban space , to make "every urban space being misused, back up valuable space." establish minds think for people to meet planners use city. However, planners often ignore or deny the use of urban space by practical considerations, especially in the urban renewal project, the land was divided and re-use, along with shopping malls, commercial or residential with landmark buildings, etc. completed properties, which is becoming gentrified and "gentrification" of the problem mansion up reconstruction projects led.

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