SENSORY DESIGN
What should an architect know about your nervous system?
We experience space with our whole body.
Light. Sound. Color. Texture. Temperature. Smell. Movement. Openness. Shelter. People. Privacy. Control.
What feels calm and comfortable to one person may feel distracting, exhausting, or overwhelming to another.
Sensory Design is a way of designing around how people actually experience space.
At sparkSTUDIO, we are exploring how sensory preferences can become part of the architectural design process — for homes, workplaces, schools, and other shared spaces.
The approach is informed by neurodiversity, but it isn't only for neurodivergent people. Everyone has a nervous system. Everyone has sensory preferences.
We can help with:
Sensory Profile
Understand how you experience space and what helps you feel comfortable, focused, energized, or restored.
Sensory Design Review
Look at an existing design through a sensory lens and identify opportunities for light, sound, materials, flow, privacy, control, and comfort.
Sensory Architecture
Integrate sensory needs into the design of a renovation or new space from the beginning.
Curious about your space?
Tell us a little about yourself and what you're noticing. It could be a project you're planning, a place that doesn't feel quite right, or simply something you're trying to understand.
We'll read your note and get back to you within 1–2 business days. If we think Sensory Design can help, we'll suggest a time to talk and what a good next step might be.
Start with what you're noticing.