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In the goal of Amsterdam becoming a polynuclear city, I want to put the senses in motion to rec­ognize the centers that the city is designing and phenomenologically generating. There is a dif­ference in fact between intention and completion, action and cause. The research aims to bridge and mediate between the traditional and current design tools with a new perspective that senses, phenomena reading and interpretation can provide.

As an urban designer, I am interested in evaluating the qualities of certain ur­ban spaces by the registration and observation of sensations that the inhabitants experience. As a multidisciplinary artist, I firmly believe that the synesthesia between art disciplines is the only way to represent those sensations. There are more than five senses at the service of our human body: thermoception, for example, can perceive the transition between an outdoor and indoor space. As well as variation of feelings: fear for a certain space, or enthusiasm for another with a landscape viewpoint. These are some of the characteristics that I want to map in the city, to regis­ter “ideal” conditions for urban centers. With the support and contribution of Luc Deleu and T.O.P. Office based in Antwerp, I will create a program of sensitive excursions and mapping of the city through the combinations of visual, tactile, thermal, auditory, and performative arts. The final result will be an exhibited re­portage of those experiences that will provide the city with a compendium of Atmospheres that the city can generate.