Architecture has a great impact on human feelings, health and psychology.

Minimal spaces
impact people mood indirectly via effecting light and silence in the space. Today everyone can
find house photos on different media but they can not feel the space through photos. Some
experience needs our physical existence in that space. Jurgen Joedicke raised the question of how
to explain the effect of space on a person. His attitude was that one had to take into consideration
the experience of space as well as spatial perception (Joedicke, 2009). Individual minds work in
their own way and because of that, the perception of the space becomes entirely their own.
Minimalism can be defined as a physical form of silence in architecture. Minimal means
emptiness. Being in a silent space allows us to be in seclusion. Light is another form of silence in
architecture. In a silent space, lights are designed in a dramatic way that can create an artistic
environment in the space. Sence of movement in the building can be achieved by the movement
of light in the space. Peter zumthor’s architecture is one of the best examples of minimalism with
silence and light in architecture. His buildings evoke the feeling in person by the use of light,
material and clarity in the form of buildings. He converted emotions into physical and spatial
elements in the building. The Bruder Klaus Chapel has only two opening in the building that
connects a person to outside the world. With the use of concreate thickness and texture, one
experiences awareness of oneself. Minimalism creates a sense of purity, harmony and
transparency in life.

Research and architecture are unified fields but a significant amount of people have three types
of misconceptions about architecture research. If we understand the myths and try to get rid of
them, it will be going to help us in the progress of architecture research. The first thing that we
have to understand is the relationship between creativity and theoretical knowledge. Research is
one key tool to achieve exemplary design. Without research, aesthetics or creativity become
unjustified to the building. The first and the second myths are interconnected. People always
distinguish between art and science so often they use just one of them rather than work with two
of them simultaneously. Architecture and research are two important parts of a good building
that makes the complete building. The only theory will not be going to make a good building,
design is a prominent factor in architecture. The third myth is architect’s ultimate end product
should be a building whether it’s a design or a research proposal. Many artists or designers argue
that a unique building or painting means original and successful research. There are some
limitations to this theory. The building can be a part of the research but it is not research and the
good or bad building doesn’t decide the quality of research. They are just a supportive element of
research. In architecture, research can be done in two contexts with a different purpose one is
academic and the second is in practice. The key factor of successful research is communication
in both the factors. Lastly, the new model of research content three stages – architectural
processes, products and performance.