Breathing. As a Form?

How to visualise breathing?

And how do I then reflect this into a design? Also who will this benefit?

Breathing as an action can be described as air flow, movement, circulation. However culturally, philosophically and spiritually, the term has more weight to it. Breathing is our first and last act of consciousness, to breathe is to be alive. Culturally the act of breathing is intimate and shared, often between two or more people, for example the Maori greeting ‘Hongi” sees two people greet with pressed noses and foreheads, to breathe in another’s spirit, or to breathe life in to someone as the myth of Tāne-nui-a-Rangi's creation of woman expresses.

The diverse and creative nature of the art and design building and wider university campus is the key audience for my programmed pavilion, where active discovery, contemplation, and in depth conversations within the intimate community will take place. The positioning allows for the careful consideration and participation in the speaking surfaces exhibition itself, allowing the visitors to get involved with the exhibitions activities, whether this be educational, performative, discussive, or simply observing. The adaptable space allows for manipulation through the use of materials and its versatile design, where silk and treated pine coordinate in a transportable framing system. The frames and curtains provide unique encounters as they are conditioned by the St Pauls Street public and weather conditions, consequently causing the space to breathe over a temporary presence in time.