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5 Senses, 5 Cognitive Resources-Wenting Yang

5 cognitive resources of our senses what I learn from this course helps me to understand the senses’ characteristics. During the observation from vision, smell, taste, listen, touch, the natural cognitive method inspired me to explore people in different living condition. Especially, five senses study provides me a methodology when I design a public space, I know how to consider about handicapped people and people who are suffering chronic disease.

The digram shows different senses experiences different cognitive resources.

  • Vision: Form, Structure, Color, Texture;
  • Nose: Smell; Flavour;
  • Gustation: Temperature, Form, Flavour, Texture；
  • Auditory sense: Texture；
  • Touch：Temperature, Form, Structure, Texture
In class thinking process
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A11 Seeing > Visual Thinking > Idea – Wenting

This category study analyses the different type of outdoor lighting, from appearance design, light resources and mount method. At night, the most useful light resources are the mounted light on the brick. The new pattern is designed by the function and essential element of the lighting structure. The new light provides light on the ground and post cap, which helps to install the lamp bulb.

In Class Practice Process

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A9_Smell Notes_Bruce

In Class Exercise: Examining how cats smell

Link to video:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive?ths=true

Notice what piece of clothing she darts too upon first whiff.. and how much time she spends smelling it.. animals seem to tolerate what humans don’t (wet soccer socks)

Smell walk before dinner (icons sized based on strength of smell)

Legend (along path starting from bottom middle left)

*smell was so strong I could taste some of it too

  1. sulfur*
  2. sweet and sour sauce
  3. soy sauce
  4. rice
  5. chicken
  6. sugar*
  7. candy
  8. door dash*
  9. burning*
  10. oaky*
  11. steak
  12. air freshener*
  13. burning rubber*
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A11_Seeing > Visual Thinking > Idea_Bruce

In Class Exercise: Comparing sound abrasiveness and effort level when opening different drawers in the house
The search for the most accessible bridge

Analysis:

  1. Only accessible to townhome residents, hostile no trespassing sign 🙁 (0.5/5)
  2. No railing, steep drop down to bridge, major slip & splash hazard : o (0.25/5)
  3. Another steep drop, however railing is low/ easy to reach if using wheelchair or if you’re a child (3/5)
  4. Yay! steps finally, however, no railing to go with them 🙁 at least there’s a railing on the bridge and that north arrow could provide auditory cues to detect wind… (3.5/5)
  5. Love the mat (dual purpose= weather protection/tactile indicator, step railing is a lil high (4/5)
  6. nice that it’s paved, won’t be too muddy but AGAIN no railing down : | The step railing is a great height though and feels sturdy + there are multiple railings at multiple heights! (4/5).

Proposed Design includes elements from :

  1. Nah
  2. No chance
  3. Bridge railing (accessible height)
  4. North arrow for auditory cue
  5. Mats on top of the wooden surface all the way from the path to the end of the bridge providing tactile cues
  6. Step Railing (nice height, feels sturdy, multiple railings)
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A3: Mapping – Marissa

Analysis of barnacle clustering on rocky shoreline. Barnacles collect in large groups in locations along the shoreline that are usually submerged by the tide, or within a tidepool. The tidepools are carved away by the waves over many years, creating pockets of seawater that hold sealife during low-tide.

In-Class Exercise: Mapping the sky

Two versions of mapping clouds from my home. The first shows a view looking straight up with the viewer located at the center of the page, while the second example is a rough axonometric looking down on the home and sky around it.
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A9: Smell Notes – Marissa

For this assignment, I considered how smell is associated with memory. A commercial bakery near my home releases a very potent smell during late night and early morning baking. The smell is initially pleasant from a reasonable distance, but becomes overwhelming and unappealing when sensed at close proximity. The following map indicates my emotional response to the smell based on proximity, as well as personal memory-based collages that each stage of the smell-experience prompts.

In-Class Exercise: Self Defined
If smell was a space – the moldy storage locker

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A4: Above, At, and Below Ground – Marissa

What is happening along the Wild Pacific Trail, in and under the forest? The presence of exposed bedrock indicates that the soil depth throughout the forest could be limited, determining what types of plants grow where and how much water they might receive. This section considers how the exposed rock sometimes interrupts the trail system, and usually can only host small species such as mosses and ferns.
In-class exercise: Apartment building is built into a steep slope along Fraser Street in Vancouver.
In-class exercise: Rain water flows from the roof through a central pipe system, there are no downspouts on this old building.
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Assignment z11 Yaying Zhou

in class

at home

This exercise looks at different windows of ancient houses in an old town in Wuzhen, China. There is a pattern of being symmetrical in many directions. The wood grain also tends to follow the long side of wood. Wood joints are also common in all the windows.

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