Empathetic Spaces Partnership – Open Source STEAM Kits and Publications

The Empathetic Spaces Partnership is an interdisciplinary research program investigating new materials, tools, methods and frameworks in the field of living responsive architecture, a new sub-discipline of architecture that focuses on how buildings respond to their occupants. The proposed research project supports this by having the intern document and be involved in developing concepts, tools and knowledge behind responsive architectural testbeds used by the Living Architecture Systems Group and its partners. This allows Riverside Architectural Press to translate innovative research from experts and engage with a wider audience that includes researchers, artists, and designers. Creation of a kit for interactive architecture allows for the distillation of key LASG concepts into a digestible learning tool for STEAM education. By drawing from principles of Open Source, the publications and kit engages students and the community, creating a critical discourse through making and design research that will be available to all Canadians.

Faculty Supervisor:

Rob Gorbet

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Partner:

Riverside Architectural Press

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Waterloo

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