All sensory descriptions of the environment have a significant influence on our experience and actions. This includes changes in matter, such as those in the atmosphere. Our brain constantly compensates for atmospheric changes in colors, shapes and movements. As a result, we perceive the material structure of the environment as relatively constant, although every change has an unconscious effect on our physical state. Changes in light and color influence all vegetative bodily functions, such as metabolism, breathing, blood pressure and muscle tone. Our emotional moods also change with the atmosphere of the rooms we stay in, while we rarely realize the reason for this.
The earth’s atmosphere forms an atmospheric space whose weather phenomena we feel with all our senses. The fine particles in the air absorb, reflect and scatter the sun’s energetic radiation. They can condense into clouds by absorbing moisture and trigger thermal reactions such as wind, storms or thunderstorms. The atmosphere outside and inside our buildings is constantly changing due to the changing times of day, seasons and weather conditions. The changes in color and light widen or narrow, delimit or condense, radiate or darken our entire living space. With the temporality and spatiality of the atmosphere, not only the appearance of the environment changes, but also the vivid information potential.
The changes in the room atmosphere determine the temporal rhythm of our metabolism. This influences our physical well-being, our health, our mental and practical activities and our motivation to act. While the weather cannot usually be changed by us, we can shape the atmosphere of our living spaces according to our needs through the effects of color and light.
