“Natural materials – stone, brick and wood – allow the gaze to penetrate their surfaces and they enable us to become convinced of the veracity of matter. Natural material expresses its age and history as well as the tale of its birth and human use. The patina of wear adds the enriching experience of time; matter exists in the continuum of time. But the material of today – sheets of glass, enamelled metal and synthetic materials – present their unyielding surfaces to the eye without conveying anything of their material essence or age.” Juhani Pallasmaa, “An Architecture of the Seven Senses,” in Questions of Perception, ed. Steven Holl, Alberto Prez-Gmez, Juhani Pallasmaa, (Tokyo: a+u Publishing Co., Ltd., 1994) p. 29.
please respond to the Pallasmaa excerpt below, describing your experience with interiors and materials (from your past or present) that has left an impression on you for reasons such as the statement from the article: “…material expresses its age and history as well as the tale of its birth and human use.”
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