When I travel into a place that I do not have a great familiarity with I tend to look for symbols or icons that I can identify with or that stand out. Before I lived and went to school in Boston I had some familiarity with it. But there were certain areas that I knew better than others and could recognize based upon previous visits. I would remember the buildings I saw, or by the paths I took to reach my destination. The idea of sight played a large role in my recognition of a familiar place but there was also a certain feeling I get when I revisit a place I have been before. I have no pictures in my head of what thins place looks like but I still have a “sense” of my surrounding and where I should go next. The Architecture of a particular location allows for there to be a strong sense of differentiation between neighborhoods or related locations. Architecture creates what we see, it is the built context. It can either frame or block a specific view, allowing for a different perception and thus different reaction/ interaction with the viewer.
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