Blur Building

While architecture is always experienced through the senses, it is rare that all of our senses are considered in a design.  Buildings that do explore our other senses are often seen as theoretical experiments, and are rarely built. The Blur Building by Diller Scofidio and Renfro is a perfect example of a building that came to fruition and explores our sense in extremely unconventional ways. The concept is simple, an architectural piece created from the artificial and natural forces, that uses 35,000 high pressure nozzles to create a cloud of fine mist along a simple structure.  The intent is to erase our senses while inside, the user experiences "white noise" and "white-out" conditions.  While goal of most design today is focused around "high-definition" technical and visual resolution, the Blur Building is a self-described "low-definition" experience.  One of the questions I think the design explores is,  how reliant are we on our sight to experience space? What happens when these senses are dulled? How do we experience that space then?

the blur building