Personality Architectural

Design not just for your physical needs, but the intangibles too. Creating a space that aligns with your personality will make you more comfortable and thus more happy. If you are sociable, reclusive, quiet, optimistic, extroverted, nature- loving and so forth, these qualities all have different requirements. Use this as your guide for understanding what your needs are and what kind of home will make you be your best. In the Safari Lodge field, think about your dream guest - what do they enjoy most, what personality make-up do they have, what keeps them up at night, what helps them sleep. The list goes on, if you can design for this individual, you will be able to add so much more richness, texture, thoughtfulness and humanity to your Safari Lodge.

Curved vs Angular Forms

Sharp and round edges. According to the book “Universal Principles of Design”, humans have a bias to objects that are contoured or round compared to objects that are sharp or have points. This is because sharp points or features activate a part of our brain associated with fear. This bias likely evolved as a way to detect threats - think thorns on a thorn tree or stings on a puffer fish. All things being equal, people prefer curved and rounded objects to sharp and angular objects. The advantage of sharp objects is that they are better at grabbing and holding our attention. Also interestingly, the sharper an object the more it activates our fear response and the less we want to utilise it, they are proportionate to each other. We can utilise these ideas in our designs and buildings. If we want to grab attention - use sharp angular forms, if we want to seem inviting and kind use rounded forms. To finish off - think about your home, does it feature any curved forms? And if its about making you feel relaxed and comfortable, why not?