Study Architecture 
ProPEL 
Author(s): Mona Ghandi
Advances in computational algorithmic design, data sensing, information technology, material science, and fabrication technology have enabled architects to create adaptive spaces. Despite the high level of efficiency and sustainability that have been introduced through adaptive thinking, users’ physiological and neurological needs is an area yet to be further explored. The objective of this paper is to offer an approach to democratize design and rethink the conventional rigid, solid architectural spaces in favor of structures that respond to users’ deeper levels of engagement such as thoughts and feelings. It contributes to the design of future spaces that will be considered living organisms as they learn users’ behavior and respond to their deeper needs and desires in real-time. This interdisciplinary research aims to create spaces whose capacity to resonate with immaterial aspects of the human, such as cognitive synapses and feeling, make them particularly compassionate. It explores the future of our intelligent environment through embedded responsiveness, drawing upon connections between architecture, data science, and other related technological advances. “Smart Architecture” lies at the center of its inquiry, examining the impact of robotized self-adjusting structures, relying on programmable materials and sensory network to allow architectural spaces to change and respond to real-time data in a fluid manner. Of its many consequences, the project has significant ethical implications, specifically as related to the medical field, tackling problems such as individuals with disabilities, neuromuscular diseases, motor system disorders, PTSD, and autism, ultimately empowering individuals with these deficiencies to regain control over their environments.
https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.106.92
Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg
ISBN
978-1-944214-15-9
