ABSTRACT
This chapter argues how a mimetic design, from the perspective of SLA designers, creates surprising atmospheres. Atmospheres are spatial feelings that float in the air and are constantly reshaped due to the situations that frame them. Atmospheres are therefore not anchored to the ground in terms of locations, not bound to objects or human beings, but rather they emerge from situations where humans and physical entities meet and become involved. SLA's city-nature is a designed and man-made nature, and therefore the attractive and thus atmospheric patterns of nature can be calculated and constructed. Overworked and overly detailed design is often carried out, according to Gudrun, in situations where the designers attempt to steer projects in very specific ways – for instance when seeking to recreate specific atmospheres of specific environments.
