Shenzhen is a unique prototype of a (super) fast-paced urbanization city. How was such high density and velocity feasible? The answer is concrete.
Shenzhen is a unique prototype of a (super) fast-paced urbanization city. How was such high density and velocity feasible? The answer is concrete.
What is the cognitive character of this majestic, progressive material, along with its role in shaping the rapid growth and life of the built environment?
Tell Me Concrete Stories wants to understand and interpret the city through the construction workers’ intimate, social, and physiological relationships with the material they are shaping. The goal is to characterize the cognitive and emotional properties of concrete as a fundamental interface of people with the built environment, transcending its merely technological, functional, and progressive nature. This project promises to uncover innovative design and scientific insights, offering pathways for crafting more desirable built environments.
Enza Migliore is a design researcher, practitioner, and educator focusing on materials exploration through interdisciplinary collaboration and experimental practices. She is currently an Assistant Professor at SUSTech School of Design. Enza holds a Ph.D. in Design and Innovation from the Second University of Naples and a Post-Doc at the Metropolitan University of Tokyo, funded by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science. She informs scientific laboratories through design research with systemic knowledge, creative practices, and opportunities.
Mirna Zordan is an architect and a design instructor with a specific focus on data-driven spatial psychology and environment-behaviour performances. She was trained in Venice and Sydney, as well as in Hong Kong, where she completed her PhD under the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme together with two years of Post-Doctoral experience. Her interest relies upon exploring how technology can empower design in support of psychological health by bridging architecture, neuroscience, and human-computer interactions.
The Materialities Research Group explores materials through ecology, technology, and culture, seeking sustainable and valuable ways of designing systems, objects, behaviors, and manufacturing processes. The group conducts future-oriented and science-based design research to enhance the quality of the relationship between humans and the environment. We aim to design material systems that bridge scientific research and society through design and technology.
Future Spaces Vision Lab is an interdisciplinary group based in Shenzhen at SUSTech School of Design currently focusing on Embedded Human-Environment Interactions and their influence on stress levels, human perceptions, and brain activity. The lab research targets brain and body responses to tangible and intangible environmental stimuli through technological innovation within built and digital environments, envisioning future design opportunities for improving the quality of life of future inhabitation systems.