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Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Teahouse and outdoor theater

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Teahouse

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Wooden roof and outdoor theater

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

West elevation

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Roofscape and outdoor theater

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Roofscape and outdoor theater

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Aerial view

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Cang mountain, Old town, the Performing Arts Center

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

The Performing Arts Center at sunset

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Lights lit up the theater

Photo credit:
Jin Weiqi

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Zhu Pei's ink sketch

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Studio Zhu-Pei

Yangliping Performing Arts Center
Studio Zhu-Pei

Section model

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Studio Zhu-Pei

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Immersive interaction of participants with the emotive installation. Installation color and form changing based on detected emotions in real-time.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Immersive interaction of participants with the emotive installation. Installation color and form changing based on detected emotions in real-time.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Real time emotion-cognition-space interaction.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Interior view showing interaction between occupants and the installation, exhibiting changes in shroud length and the color of the space-based on detected emotion in real-time.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

This interactive installation filled with a forest of cylindrical fabric shrouds that suspend from the ceiling. Image shows installation in neutral emotion status.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Interactive installation color changing based on different detected emotions.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Interactive installation color changing based on different detected emotions.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

The cognitive and emotional state of occupants were mapped out to pattern lighting changes.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

A mobile app presents real-time changes in biosignals and detected emotions, including a feature for tracking the user’s history of emotional data. An interior view showing real-time communication between detected emotions displayed on the phone app and the resulting spatial effect.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Mapping biodata to seven distinct emotions (top), screenshots of the phone app (middle), installation color and form changing based on detected emotions (bottom).

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Top view showing the electrical system that is driven by the Arduino microcontrollers which change the lighting color and length of the shrouds according to real-time detected emotions.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

1/4 sale installation prototype that has emotion-based communications with users through shape, color, and light changes.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Installation color changing based on detected emotions in real-time.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

The LED lights in the shrouds, evenly diffused, creating different lighting effects based on different emotions.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Upon sensing the presence of an occupant, using a programmable material (shape-memory-alloy), the shrouds begin to fluctuate, expanding and contracting the volume of the space in rhythm and sequence based on the detected emotion.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

LED lights embedded within the shrouds illuminate in concert with the movement of the shrouds in colors determined by the emotions detected through bio-signals and a system of smartwatches and affective computing algorithms developed by the team.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

This emotive interactive installation resulted in an immersive spatial experience that grounds the visitors in moment and place, instilling feelings of presence and belonging.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail

Wisteria: Emotive Intelligent Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion and Cognition
Morphogenesis Lab

Plan view of the installation. Shrouds has a smart material, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) for length changing.

Photo credit:
Mona Ghandi, Nicole Liu, Mohamed Ismail