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USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - PROFESSOR JIMENEZ LAI - BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Spatial elements and environments that stimulate sensations beyond sight, fostering deeper
connections between individuals and their built surroundings.
To study sensorial density in architecture is to understand ocularcentrism and its ranging impact on the five senses when designing space. The five-part project targets the sub-genres of sensory design, where accessible design, universal design, and sensory overload become the main topics in challenging the notion of limiting creativity. Documenting sensory receptions reveals the nature of sensorial density, allowing for a more integrated architectural experience. Activities like dining in family restaurants and attending perfume workshops illustrate how designed experiences heighten sensory engagement.
PART 1 - ON MY WAY!: A story of two characters with various levels of seeing or hearing and their journey of struggles and reminiscences through public transportation, tactile studies, and their spatial understandings. Journey through public transportation and the importance of tactile design.
Full story available on: https://issuu.com/emiryh/docs/502_on_my_way_comics_official
PART 2.1 - CROSSMODAL CATALOGUES: Personal experiences at a restaurant through screenwriting-like time frame diagrams.
Time frame catalogue diagram of a dinner experience.
PART 2.2 - CROSSMODAL CATALOGUES: Time frame catalogue diagram of an experience at a perfume making workshop.
PART 3 - 90 ROOMS, 90 EXPERIENCES: The 10 by 10 feet cubes contain various interior and exterior experiences of daily lives.
PART 4 - ROTATIONAL CHAOS: A rotational illustration of what occurs when sensory overload takes upon the familiarity of one’s surroundings. A plan and an elevation twists into an axonometric view of a study form, which the ordinary understandable space doubles as a wall or floor, opening various scales of interaction within one space. Illustration of a collage between an axon, a plan, and an elevation. The collected views can be individually identified with its scale with every 90 degrees of rotation.
The Axon (left) + The Plan (top right) + The Elevation (bottom right)
The research concludes a reevaluation of the 1950s “House of the Future” by Alison and Peter Smithson, envisioning new interactions and engagements with space. Overlaying various sensory elements and reinterpreting the original design demonstrates how sensory misreadings inspire innovative spatial configurations. Both material and immaterial aspects in sensorial density invite a multi-dimensional engagement with space. Orientation itself becomes a sensory experience, leading to new interpretations of self-perception and spatial understanding. This work opens a conversation on prioritizing sensory experiences over visual aesthetics in architectural design, considering the impact of emerging technologies on enhancing sensory experiences.
PART 5 - HOUSE OF THE FUTURE: A reinterpretation of the House of the Future performs new levels of sensorial understanding within all people. Plans and elevations become interchangeable and enhanced for synergistic movements, merging historical influences with contemporary innovation, and inviting exploration and interaction at every turn. Collaboration between eight “Houses” of re-reading the diagrammatic plan as new layers of information.
Axonometric renders of reinterpreted model.
RHINO / ILLUSTRATOR / PHOTOSHOP / PROCREATE / D5 RENDER / PHYSICAL MODEL MAKING / LASERCUTTING