The article explores how environmental spatial conditions impact our perception of time during conversations, suggesting that architecture plays a crucial role in shaping these experiences. Influential sociologists Georg Simmel and Henri Lefebvre provide frameworks for understanding this dynamic. Simmel identifies the effects of urban overstimulation leading to a detached human experience, while Lefebvre proposes a social construction of space that necessitates seeking rich experiences. Together, they highlight the responsibility of architects to create spaces that can either exacerbate or alleviate the pressures of modernity, thereby influencing our sense of time.
Some sociological theories about our society and the built environment go beyond considering it as a mere physical container and suggest that architecture can impact our wellbeing.
Georg Simmel presents hypotheses about the effects of urban life, where an overwhelming array of stimuli leads to a modern, detached personality.
Henri Lefebvre introduces a spatial triad: the perceived, the conceived, and the lived as superimposed layers, which can modulate our time consciousness.
The interaction between space and time perception challenges architects to design environments that either reinforce or counteract the fast-paced nature of modern life.
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