Nowadays, we have many distractions that keep us from being in touch with our world. What do you imagine when you look into the future, flying cars? artificial intelligence living on mars? As exciting as all those ideas seem, we need to focus on the essence of our humanity, how we perceive time and space. I believe we need to become more spatially aware of our our environment. Slowly, we are becoming more and more ignorant of the world around us. Things like our mobile phones distract us from what’s going on. I dream of a future where humans are more connected with their environment. Where technology is only a means that help bridge the connection between the environment and humans instead of tear it apart.

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The windows are designed to open and close in response to given data. In this case, the data

that these windows follow are the phases of the moon. The tides are higher around each new moon and full moon which can be dangerous to people who live by the tides such as sailors, pearl divers, surfers and many more. The kinetic windows open and close regarding on how high the tides could be on that day in the month as a discreet warning sign to people. However, it can also be looked at in a positive way, a reminder of the passage of time. That everything is right where it’s supposed to be and therefore so are we. It increases the feeling of spatial awareness and bridges the connection between the sky, people and architecture.