ABSTRACT
Space is made up of environmental stimuli which architecture uses to trigger human response through the senses–from light, to sound, to the touch of physical building materials, to smell and taste. Environment directly impacts human experience, affecting how occupants perceive and interact with the world. Architects can more specifically design environmental stimuli to promote the ideal occupant response. An understanding of human physiology is extremely important as architects begin to design with transient technologies. Embedding changeability into architecture means designing for the individual as well as for the collective. Human sensory systems influence how adaptive architecture is to communicate. The goal is for designers to orchestrate space to meet occupant needs through the senses, because the senses dictate how humans perceive the world as they engage. Visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and taste senses are key to the way a person experiences.
