ROOTED IN NATURE
 

An environment with Risk and Peril may feel dangerous or imply a threat, but has a reliable safeguard.  What Risk/Peril seeks is the thrill of an experience, coupled with awe.  Standing at the edge of a waterfall or on a mountain ledge both exhilarates and grows our appreciation of nature.  Similarly, standing at the tip of The Infinity Room of The House on the Rock, jutting 218 feet beyond the hill and 156 feet above the valley floor, or peering out over the waterfall at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, inspire similar feelings of thrill and awe. 

A study conducted by Ronald Rapee indicates that the difference between fear and Risk/Peril, is the perceived sense of threat and control (1).  Taking into consideration this perceived sense of threat and control, an interior environment may approach Risk/Peril quite differently.  A balcony or catwalk overlooking a space or a transparent railing may produce a feeling of thrill or awe on a smaller scale.