SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN RELIGIOUS SPACES AND THEIR HEALING CHARACTERS

SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN RELIGIOUS SPACES AND THEIR HEALING CHARACTERS

Therapeutic Environment

Ar.D.Shalini nivetha
Department of architecture
Periyar maniammai institute of science and technology
Thanjavur,Tamilnadu
shaliniarchitect555@gmail.com

Ar. Kavitha.V.S. – Associate professor, PMIST, Thanjavur.
Department of architecture faculty of architecture and planning
Periyar maniammai institute of science & technology, vallam,
Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
kavitha@pmu.edu

Abstract
Religious place are not just considered as medium of God, but also to connect with our self, by stimulating the human senses. Many body healing ashrams, church used as a healing center, we consider religious temple as healing element .people visit to religious spaces to soothe the soul and to attain the tranquility, here comes the question: Does healing element are there in religious space, do they really contribute in terms of healing? What are all the healing elements in the religious space?

This study aims to describe the sensory receptor and the sensory stimuli role in a space and Roger Ulrich healing elements and figuring out those elements character in the religious spaces. Through this study relating the elements of the Ulrich and stating the presence of the healing character into the religious space in the space.

Keywords-Therapeutic, healing, sensory perception sensory stimuli, the sensory receptors, religious spaces introduction.