Contemporary confession
Description: The act of confession has become popularized with the aid of digital communication. We’ve all seen the “private” scrawls in public washrooms, or the comments of an anonymous user in a forum, late night call centers that cater to a wide range users, all indicate that people have something they want to share “publicly”.
Public space today however, often built with the intention of allowing free and open exchange amongst a community, is hardly conducive to the behaviors it is purported to inspire. The success of the digital realm and the ultimate failure of the
physical sphere are intimately related with the concept of privacy.
Ruth Gavison, a prominent professor in Law defines privacy as “limited accessibility”, with three independent but related components; the first being secrecy (information known about an individual), second which is anonymity (attention paid to an individual) and lastly, solitude, the physical access to an individual. The aim will be to explore these three components and how they can be used to create a public space comparable to those provided by digital means. Programmatically, it will be a meditation space and message bank.
The small units will provide an individual a place to rest, be alone, or have a private conversation without any outside disturbance . The degrees of accessibility are left up to the user, which can range from complete isolation to a high degree of connectivity. Each unit is linked to a greater system of units, where multiple users can connect via a common interface; like a physical “internet”. Meditation unit: 4.6 meter squared each. The number is derived from the researched amount of “personal space” needed between individuals, used as a radius.
Ruth Gavison, a prominent professor in Law defines privacy as “limited accessibility”, with three independent but related components; the first being secrecy (information known about an individual), second which is anonymity (attention paid to an individual) and lastly, solitude, the physical access to an individual. The aim will be to explore these three components and how they can be used to create a public space comparable to those provided by digital means. Programmatically, it will be a meditation space and message bank.
The small units will provide an individual a place to rest, be alone, or have a private conversation without any outside disturbance . The degrees of accessibility are left up to the user, which can range from complete isolation to a high degree of connectivity. Each unit is linked to a greater system of units, where multiple users can connect via a common interface; like a physical “internet”. Meditation unit: 4.6 meter squared each. The number is derived from the researched amount of “personal space” needed between individuals, used as a radius.
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