Immersive Experience
Designed environments and installations that engage multiple senses and create participatory or interactive spatial experiences.
NeuronaLab and Ruben Casquero Build a Three-Room Sensory Pavilion Inside a Barcelona Modernist Hospital
An ephemeral fashion installation inside Domènech i Montaner's Sant Pau complex fuses virtual, digital, and physical reality into one sequence.
Snøhetta and USM Turn a Milan Garden into a Breathing Pavilion That Counters Digital Saturation
A multisensory inflatable installation at Fondazione Luigi Rovati uses modular furniture as architectural skeleton during Milan Design Week 2026.
INTERFACE: A Mixed Reality Athenaeum Where Architecture Becomes a Living Digital Layer
Floating platforms on water host holographic overlays through Hololens devices, turning unfinished volumes into full-scale design laboratories.
Landscape of the Senses: Architecture as a Multisensory Journey Along the Coast
Mateusz Mulica's conceptual project stretches white monolithic volumes into the sea, designing spaces for hearing, sight, smell, and touch.
Moontrip Pantheon: A Lunar Temple Reimagined as Immersive Learning Complex
Blending golden ratio geometry with interactive science halls, a circular campus transforms space exploration into spatial narrative.
Space Odyssey: Simulating a Mission to Space on Washington's Anacostia Riverfront
A three-phase architectural sequence of preparation, journey, and discovery transforms NASA's backyard into an immersive space experience.
Ascension: A Sensory Architecture Tribute to Apollo 11's Legacy
A boomerang-shaped immersive building in Washington D.C. simulates an astronaut's journey from launch to ocean reentry across three subterranean levels.
Blob Effect: A One-Way Path Through Water That Rewards No Return
Reactive water-filled sacs and claustrophobic tunnels turn an architectural installation into an emotional reckoning with resource misuse.
RIONIR: A Sunken Tunnel and Floating Bowl Reframe Our Place in the Ecosystem
A shortlisted entry for Athenaeum proposes an immersive passage beneath the sea and a communal shell on the water in Rio de Janeiro.
A Piece of Moon: A 40-Meter Spherical Landmark Celebrating Lunar Exploration
A continuous spherical structure and helical tower stage immersive VR exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
FDA2044: A Scenography School Where Virtual Reality Reshapes Architectural Education
Extending Belgrade's Faculty of Drama Arts into a glass-wrapped campus that fuses immersive technology with stage design pedagogy.
Uncertain Memory: A Pavilion That Rewires Itself Around the People Inside It
At the B.I.G. Carnival, translucent corrugated panels and motion-reactive filament lighting turn a simple rectangular volume into a living organism.
