[POETICS OF SPACE] chp_02

While home can remodel man [pG.47], Bachelard reveals theories and methods of Minkowska as well as various poets, supporting the strength of the house past and present. Metaphorically speaking, the chapter introduces the relationship of the house and disaster. Pointing out the homes role of protector and provider of shelter. The main strength of the house being its ability to transform, allowing the house to accommodate for its surroundings [pG.46]. The home bends and shakes, but never breaks, once it has been redefined within the user's mind.

The most intriguing finding of the effects of house in chapter two would be configuring the psychological status of children by way of their perception of house. Whether their memory supports a positive or negative connotation of their primary home, Bachelard stresses the ability of the home to transcend form what is naively viewed as a geometrical entity, and flourishing into its exterior surroundings, affecting it's visual reality in an inferior sense. The geometry of the house however lies in its echoes [pG.61], relying on the five sense to ignite these trails of memory, connecting the dots and harboring effective daydreams. I enjoyed the discovery of space and user interaction, restoring the creative mind in all of us by way of daydream.