Perception Creatures

How do the ways we sense space influence the way we make space? Can we challenge the ways we design by exploring the ways we perceive? This workshop aims to extend our understanding of architecture by studying the interaction of the body and the environment. Each student team will invent its own ‘creature’ that will act as a perception machine for the analysis and design of space. The creature, which can be either an extension of the body or an autonomous device, will provide the sensory data from a physical space. The sensory data will then form the perceptual framework for designing new spatial experiences. The workshop will be structured around three exercises: The first, to design and make the perception creature. The second, to experience a physical space through the creature’s body, collect and present the data. The third, to make a space from the creature’s experience by attaching material and volumetric qualities to sensory inputs.

The workshop is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduate students across disciplines are particularly encouraged to register.

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