The workshop “Habito Ergo Sum. Haptic Sensibility and the Relationship between Being and Space” proposes an alternative way of thinking about design: to stop looking at space… and begin to feel it. An online session that combines reflection and practice, delivered by Sara Coscarelli, inviting participants to explore how we truly inhabit the environments around us.
This workshop forms part of the Master’s Degree in Spatial Design (MUDE), embedded within a contemporary approach that understands design through experience, perception and the body.
Key workshop details:
→ Mode: Online
→ Date: Thursday, 14 May
→ Time: 18:00 – 19:00
Aimed particularly at students of design, architecture, interior design and related disciplines, this session opens up new ways of perceiving and conceiving space.
The workshop draws on phenomenological approaches and key references such as Juhani Pallasmaa, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Christian Norberg-Schulz, questioning the hegemony of vision in contemporary design and making room for a broader sensibility: the haptic.
During the session, questions such as the following will be addressed:
- What does it mean to inhabit beyond merely occupying a space?
- How are the body, perception and environment interconnected?
- What happens when we shift away from vision and activate other senses?
Through a guided experiential exercise, you will explore space through dimensions such as temperature, weight, proximity and resonance, activating an expanded sensory awareness.
No prior experience is required—only a willingness to experiment.
“Habito Ergo Sum” is an invitation to rethink inhabiting from within: through the body, perception and direct experience. Because designing spaces also means feeling them.