Mindful Bar + Case Studies
In the midst of a fast paced world, people have developed a reliance upon nightlife to escape their life problems.
While people need avenues such as clubs and bars to detox and release some of the stress from their daily lives, the effect of hanging out in these areas can have a negative impact on our bodies, which in turn exacerbates some of the same problems that led them to these venues in the first place. Loud music, dark spaces, intense and harsh lighting, cigarette smoke filled hallways, loud glass clinking sounds, all go a long way to affect how a person would behave in these surroundings. Some types of music can also cause the brain to lose its symmetry between its right and left halves or hemispheres leading to a reduction in work capabilities among adults.
Does this mean one shouldn’t have a nightlife? No. My solution: the Mindful Bar.
Mindful Bar is where nightlife meets tranquility. Think about a healthy socializing space where the spatial factors could bring emotional immersiveness to the visitor, helping them to freshen up their minds. This space will diminish some of the bad side effects of the current clubs and bars while still maintaining some of the fun activities.
Mindful Bar’s composition has the ability to affect a person’s frame of mind once they are in the space. How they walk, talk, socialise and even think would be as a result of the unique nature of the building. A space and the energy it exudes plays a significant role in dictating the actions of its occupants. That is why certain club goers, who initially had no intention of dancing, succumb to the pressures of the club and end up grooving to the music.
Similarly any consumer who patronizes Mindful Bar will start to experience the tranquilizing effect of the bar on their body and mind just by walking into the space.
‘An architect of mindful would not only fulfill the need of mindfulness meditation. but also go further in establishing physical attributes that can then form an ideal environment to be present in’ (Dickson 2018)
The rituals of meditating have a close relation to religious spaces. In the case study of Sancaklar Mosque, cultural entity was removed from the mosque, giving the space merely for people to do their prayers . What is most important in this space is how the user can get to experience the tranquilling effect upon entering it.
In the case study of Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, privacy is an essential qualities of mindful architecture as this intimate space is designed for reflection.
https://issuu.com/cassandrabdickson/docs/cassandra_dickson_thesis_2018
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