SENSE-AI Studio
SENSE-AI: Developing Spatial Experiences for Narrative and Sensory Emotions with AI
ARCH 4001 studio. SAID, DAAP, UC.
The SENSE-AI Studio invites architecture and interior design students to explore how architecture can communicate story, emotion, and human experience through the design of a Museum of Emotion at Fort Ancient Earthworks, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Ohio.
The studio examines how space can evoke memory, shape emotion, and deepen our understanding of history and culture. Students will use AI-assisted design, Extended Reality (XR), and immersive visualization as design tools to explore ideas, test spatial experiences, and communicate narratives. Through digital modeling, virtual reality, and interactive media, they will develop and evaluate architectural experiences that engage visitors on sensory, emotional, and cultural levels.
Working closely with the Fort Ancient team, students will create museum proposals that tell the stories of Native American communities through research, design exploration, immersive prototyping, and narrative development. The studio emphasizes thoughtful design, interdisciplinary collaboration, and emerging technologies as a means to create meaningful places that connect people with history, culture, and one another.
Site: Fort Ancient Earthworks, Hopewell UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ohio
Program: Museum of Emotions
Note: This studio is supported by the Gensler Award
Image: Left: computer rendering from CERHAS, UC. John Hancock. Right: AI Renderings by Meghan Powell. ARCH 4001. SENSE studio. 2025.
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