Norm Architects https://normcph.com/ Wed, 24 May 2023 11:42:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://normcph.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Norm Architects https://normcph.com/ 32 32 Embracing time https://normcph.com/embracing-time/ Wed, 24 May 2023 11:35:27 +0000 https://normcph.com/?p=138 All good works of architecture and design should serve the needs of the people they are made for. On the deepest levels, the architect’s task is to provide safety and comfort, help people experience a sense of self and encourage healthy communities. These are long term goals—in some cases spanning generations—which require a slow and enduring strategy that balances psychology, biology and culture.

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]]> Returning to nature https://normcph.com/returning-to-nature/ Wed, 24 May 2023 11:34:14 +0000 https://normcph.com/?p=135 Over thousands of years of urbanization and industrialization, we have slowly but surely separated ourselves from nature. The human race has effectively left the nest and attempted to make itself more comfortable and successful via man-made buildings, tools and technologies. Yet despite our best efforts, we can’t escape the fact that our origins are in nature. We are part of it.

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]]> Finding the essence https://normcph.com/finding-the-essence/ Wed, 24 May 2023 11:33:33 +0000 https://normcph.com/?p=132 Living in a modern urban society often means living with constant noise: consumerist city streetscapes fill our view with layers of advertisements for objects of questionable value, while the digital space vies for our attention with endless streams of content and a cacophony of notifications. Life moves fast, and it accumulates complexity, things and data along the way.

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]]> Holistic perception https://normcph.com/holistic-perception/ https://normcph.com/holistic-perception/#comments Sun, 21 May 2023 14:50:49 +0000 https://normcph.com/?p=1 For a significant period of human history, the dominant philosophy drew a firm line between mind and body, insisting our mental and physical faculties were separate and favoring the mind above all else. The body was just a machine, and the senses mere servants. This ideology was applied widely across science and the arts, leading to a multidisciplinary disregard.

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