Kin-Aesthetics
“Kin-Aesthetics” is a design research project, critically investigating the possibilities of using motion capture technology as an integral part of digital architecture design. By utilising the innate human tendency for kinesthetic empathy, the project manifests empathic and relatable architecture by incorporating human motion explored through various media, within an elementary school context.
Kinesthetic Empathy
A term describing the human ability to experience empathy merely by observing the movements of another human being (Miyoshi, 2021). Based on the Mirror Neuron Theory, Humans can instinctively sense the essence of human motion in static and dynamic form, in a way which provokes an empathic reaction. By integrating digitally captured human motion through different media, the project attempts to embed a sense of kinesthetic empathy to the architectural experience.
Integrating Motion Capture Technologies into Digital Architectural Design - From designing and setting up a workflow to architectural applications.
Different approaches of integrating motion into architectural design are tested over the context of an imaginary elementary school.