Resumen

Actualmente, se está produciendo un incremento en la toma de conciencia sobre la importancia de crear espacios saludables, que apoyen el bienestar tanto físico como emocional de todas las personas que interactúan o habitan en esos espacios. En esta misma línea, mientras que tradicionalmente la práctica arquitectónica ha estado dominada por el ojo/la vista, en las últimas décadas un número creciente de arquitectos y diseñadores han comenzado a considerar el papel que desempeñan los otros sentidos, a saber, el oído, el tacto y el olfato. Sin embargo, hasta la fecha ha habido relativamente poco reconocimiento en el sector hábitat de la creciente comprensión de la naturaleza multi-sensorial de la mente humana que ha surgido en el campo de la investigación de la neurociencia cognitiva. Especialmente, no se ha empleado ningún marco metodológico y tecnológico que permita sistematizar la disponibilidad de evidencias empíricas sobre el impacto de un espacio multi-sensorial en la experiencia, el bienestar e, incluso, la salud de los usuarios.

El proyecto SENSORIAL permitirá, de manera novedosa en el sector hábitat, inferir la calidad de la experiencia multi-sensorial percibida por las personas en diferentes momentos a través de la combinación de nuevos sistemas inteligentes sensibles al contexto (en inglés, context-aware computing) y los últimos descubrimientos realizados en el ámbito de la neurociencia y la neuroarquitectura sobre la estimulación cognitiva en el diseño de espacios.

Summary

The interior design of tourist spaces plays a central role in triggering emotions among tourists and visitors and in making interactions with them more significant and attractive. At the same time, designs should reflect the heritage and the storytelling of the surroundings and should keep in mind the operational needs of the teams that manage tourist centers on a day-to-day basis.

In this context, the SENSATUR project explores the combination of Evidence-Based Design methodology and technologies used to develop new intelligent systems, in order to objectively and empirically assess the impact of interior design and museum discourse on changes in the perception, emotions and behavior of visitors to tourist spaces.

Summary

The leisure industry is one of the sectors that in recent years has advanced the most in proposing multi-channel experiences in order to achieve more customized entertainment experiences for its customers. Additionally, the recent pandemic has made it necessary to update and add new design principles in this specific environment. These new principles now require and will require - post-pandemic - an adaptation of physical leisure spaces that takes into account new attributes, such as the multi-functionality of the space or the enhancement of the perception of hygiene, safety and the well-being of the client. Therefore, in order to remain competitive, the leisure space must assimilate this type of intervention by way of new contract projects.

One of the main results of the ContractVR project will be the co-creation of a conceptual space (or Concept Room) that allows a response, from an interior design point of view, to emerging consumer needs and to the habits of families who use leisure spaces. This conceptual space will serve as a laboratory of ideas for the managers of these types of spaces in the near and distant future. Furthermore, it will serve as a specific instrument to structure an open process for the exploration, reflection and design of new interior design experience challenges and opportunities.

In a way that is novel for the contract-hospitality sector, the validation of the Concept Room developed by the project will be carried out in a real-time, multi-user, holo-communications environment. This technology, developed by the i2CAT Foundation, will make it possible to virtually validate and experience the conceptual space developed by ContractVR, within a context closer to the reality of the final space.

Summary

The purpose of the Interiors Living Lab or Laboratori d'hàbitat is to enable the measurement of the user's behavior of real spaces according to the configuration of their interior design: types of product used, location, colors, lighting...

The Lab non-invasive methodologies and technologies that enable the detection and analysis of users' biometric response in order to identify their emotions and variations in behavior.

Big data analysis allows space managers to modify interior design in order to simulate a change in user behavior and increase the efficiency oh that space. In medical settings the efficiency of a space can be measured in terms of induction of relaxation (children before consultation) or speed of recovery in postoperative. In corporate environments, the efficiency of a space can improve the type of interaction that is intended for employees. In terms of a tourist establishment, the joy or stimulus of consumption.

The technologies of the Interiors Living Lab are applicable to any space that can be monitored: hotels, hospitals, schools, offices... and the procedure used is designed to respect the right to privacy of users.

The focus of the lab in the initial phase has focused on hotel spaces. The data obtained allow the co-creation of a space with the entire value chain: product and brand designers, interior designers and managers of spaces (hotels).