Spatial Attunement

Spatial Attunement shifts the discussion to a more personal and experiential realm. Part autoethnography, part spatial attunement, and part design, this chapter plays with the presence of possibility. Pushing past the notion of organization space as static and peripheral into more interactive, embodied, and whimsical territory, I explore themes of health, wellbeing, and support, as well as qualities like potential, hope, and curiosity. Accompanied by spatial reflections of my experiences at home, the discussion shifts into how spaces engage the body, through aspects such as memory, the senses, emotion, and atmosphere. Drawing on my experience with material landscape provides moments of reflection that explore details such as: how a cotton nightie transforms the atmosphere into something magical; how a fireplace on a television creates an unexpected warmth; or how the noticing of light and shadow added a depth of presence and awareness. Over time, these explorations in spatial awareness fostered greater attunement and sensitivity to my environments, which ultimately became part of and benefited my research into office space. Throughout this chapter, moments of how we engage and design space offer possible practices and ideas for application and experimentation.