Why did my architect hide the view? 🔍

Was there something else to experience?

You arrive home and enter through your front door. Beyond the entrance hall is a spectacular view of a Japanese maple tree with deep red tinges this autumn. But you can't see it. Yet.

Instead, you are in a modest vestibule with light washing down a wall from above. It's quieter here than outside. It's slightly darker, and the size of the hall fits you and the things you need when you arrive or leave. There is a small framed view of the world outside. On the console, the late afternoon sunlight catches a beautiful object you have observed and admired in different lighting conditions for years. You breathe out. You are home.

It's very tempting to frame an impressive view from your home as part of the initial entrance sequence. We try to avoid this as much as possible because, in most cases, it is a better experience to arrive and settle in before being swept away into another world that is your home. Settling in has practical aspects of putting down a parcel or storing the umbrella but also includes a change of mindset needed when you arrive home or are ready to leave home again.

How are you slowing down when you arrive at your home?