Connecting through windows
“People in quarantine across the world have communicated and encouraged each other, even singing or playing instruments, through their windows and from their balconies. In these challenging times, it is very easy for people to feel isolated and long for mental and physical connections. The Window Research Institute believes that one of the significant and valuable attributes that the window possesses is, not only to look outside, but also the ability for it to function interactively. Architect Hiroshi Hara believes that while windows belong to the individual who owns them, they should be seen as having a communality quality, and in an increasingly divided society windows may be a way to regain that communality. We believe that sharing the window as a public entity, rather than closing it as a completely private one, may also work in terms of increasing the feeling of connection.”