Resort at aravali, Goa

Abstract

Immersive experiences, by their very definition, necessitate interaction between tourists and local residents—particularly artists. Desire for authentic immersive experiences have limited artists vision in their field of work. Therefore a resort that can provide them with a nurturing environment is much needed. To design a Resort where a tourist/visitor will experience a full spectrum of cultural and artistic revelations to nurture and give them an ambience and an environment that will aid in their quest to discover and polish their artistic abilities and therefore create. Light, color, gravity, fractals, curves, detail, water and life are the very things can when exist in coherence can lit up the spirit of a place and a space and give to the user an ambience that will nurture their thoughts. The significance of the location of a place with culturally rich and varying backgrounds that has altogether given identity to the society that exists currently has also a very vital role to play. Since these are the very things that invoke the artistic eye. Our heritage makes us experience buildings viscerally, and as intellectualized abstractions. Man Made structures with basic properties in common with our own bodies resonate, “strumming the strings” of our biophilia. Mechanisms of living structure are either the same, or they parallel the basic organization of biological systems. Biophilia, therefore, mixes the geometrical properties and elements of landscape with complex structures found in — and common to — all living forms. Human sensory organs and systems evolved to respond to natural geometries, which are characterized by colors, fractals, scaling, and complex symmetries. Fine-tuned to distinguish positive aspects (food, friends, mates) from negative aspects (threats) in the environment, our perceptual systems generate positive emotions from surroundings that resonate with our biophilic instincts. And the artists/intellectuals first source of inspiration has been in the ancient times and times thereafter, none other than the nature itself.