In Alain de Botton's The Architecture of Happiness, there is a duct where he considers the apparent failure of architecture as a device for development us better people.Not only do gorgeous houses falter as guarantors of happiness, they can also be accused of failing to heighten the characters of those who live in them.
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Medieval devotional paintings may try to remind us of sadness and sin, they may seek to train us away from arrogance and worldly pursuits and render us properly humble before the mysteries and hardships of life, but they will hang in a living room without active protest while butlers circulate the fingerfood and butchers plot their next move. Alain de Botton - The importance of Architecture (from The Architecture of Happiness)
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A businessman programs in his New Years resolution. As he falls short of his best intentions, the house begins diverting power from the television, cutting it off completely for days at a time. Only miles on the exercise bike will restore the flow of entertainment.
A study links the colouring and lighting of rooms to the moods of the citizen therein. The methodology is weak and the conclusions disputed. It's adequate to sell books and spike sales in colour-shift walls. Thousands of involved algorithms are marketed, promising to cross reference sensor data with the most recent pseudo-science. Fire-engine red for energy, passion, and late night deadlines. Sea blue to calm arguments and children. Alternating goldenrod and pearl for concentration and intelligence. A software patched is released in order to address reported strobing events which could occur under sure conditions "in a small number of cases".
After the death of a child on a stretcher in a hallway, a extra committee is convened. Battles erupt about inpatient confidentiality and data security. The Opposition makes headway in the poles by demanding the issue of full waiting-room positional data. All new hospitals will have timers projected on to the walls above waiting visitors, counting up.
A small religious society commissions a planned society of morality houses. They are secretive and itsybitsy is known about their practices. When reports do emerge, there are sensational headlines for weeks.
After the fourth shooting - the ensue of a toxic mix of firearms, frayed nerves, smart homes, and late night electronic intrusions - the Attorney normal announces a crackdown on haunters, while urging new standards of encryption and security.
"No one should be afraid in their own home."
The appeals process in the first gunman's case drags on.
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