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The classroom we gather in for 222 is much larger than what would be sufficient. Our class doesn't even take up half of the seats. The way in which we have been raised teaches us to expect this sort of abundance. This gets quirky however, you walk into this large space with all of this room to spread out. You then sit down between people on either side of you, and this large space suddenly becomes small and overcrowded. Now, you and your neighbors have notebooks out taking notes and you find yourself in this uncomfortable, crowded space within this rather large room. You then have to concentrate and actively listen to the lecture, which would be difficult for some given the uncomfortable situation.
What's the real reason we find ourselves uncomfortable? Is it because there truly is not enough space between ourself and the person beside us, or is it because we've become so accustomed to this theory that we must have the availability to have more space if we wish. We gather in this room with a 25' projector screen which is more than enough to clearly see and use to take notes. If we are in the very last row, there's not an issue of not being able to see because we are elevated above the row in front of us. The professor's voice seems to travel well throughout the entire room, so no problem with being able to hear. The seats we sit in are cushioned and are more comfortable than a lot of classrooms. The proximity of others causing us to not be comfortable, or is it us?
The first image is a gathering outside. I don't know how we would feel if we were asked to have class outside, through 90degree weather, through 30degree weather. Nor do I know how we would take it if we were asked to be practically stacked upon another as seen in the second image. A lot of us Americans have a lack of appreciation to what we are given.
What's the real reason we find ourselves uncomfortable? Is it because there truly is not enough space between ourself and the person beside us, or is it because we've become so accustomed to this theory that we must have the availability to have more space if we wish. We gather in this room with a 25' projector screen which is more than enough to clearly see and use to take notes. If we are in the very last row, there's not an issue of not being able to see because we are elevated above the row in front of us. The professor's voice seems to travel well throughout the entire room, so no problem with being able to hear. The seats we sit in are cushioned and are more comfortable than a lot of classrooms. The proximity of others causing us to not be comfortable, or is it us?
The first image is a gathering outside. I don't know how we would feel if we were asked to have class outside, through 90degree weather, through 30degree weather. Nor do I know how we would take it if we were asked to be practically stacked upon another as seen in the second image. A lot of us Americans have a lack of appreciation to what we are given.
[2] great images from the web, though i am not sure why you included all of them, as you only chatted about the first one. i do appreciate the notion that you suggest we make ourselves uncomfortable by our own sense of space...and i wonder if you might make a link between this response and the one for "architecture of happiness." do we make our own happiness? how? with what?
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