“We use senses as tools to create spaces and objects that engage all our perceptions.”
Founder
Anna BARBARA
Architect | Designer | Researcher
SenseLabAnna Barbara was born in South of Italy and graduated at Politecnico di Milano. Now she is the professor and researcher in School of Design at Politecnico di Milano. She in research of the relationships between senses, time and spaces, developed in professional works and education.
She has been visiting professor at Kookmin University in the Architecture, Design and Interior Design faculties and professor at the Techno Brain Master 21 at Seoul. In the 2000 she won the Canon Foundation Fellowship for making research at Hosei University Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning in Tokyo. Since 2001 she has been professor of Sensorial Design and Architecture at Politecnico di Milano Faculty of Design (2001-2006); Director of the Fashion School at NABA (2007- 2011) , and Director of Textile Design and New Materials Master Program at NABA (2008-2011).
She is the author of Storie di Architettura attraverso i sensi (Stories of architecture through the senses, Bruno Mondadori, 2000), Invisible Architectures.Experiencing places throught the senses of smell (Skira, 2006) and Sensi, tempo e architettura (Senses, time and architecture, Postmedia Books, 2012) and many other publications.
Team
Partner_Dubai
Hankang JIN
Partner | Project Director
Hankang JIN graduated in Master Degree of Inteior Design in Politecnico di Milano. Before he was working in JAYA International (Shanghai). He has years of experience in spatial design. He joined SENSELAB in 2016. Currently he is taking charge of spatial project design, academic project planning and coordination of the related project in China.
Petra TIKULIN
Project Director | Architect
Petra Tikulin graduated architecture at IUAV. She worked as an architect and interior design at Scott Browning Croatia on a range of hospitality projects and subsequently as a freelance on a number of exhibitions and cultural projects (Milan Expo 2015, Triennale di Milano, Matera Capitale Cultura 2019). She joined SenseLab in 2018 and is currently in charge of Italy based projects. Since 2018 she teaches a Methodology of Design course at NABA.
Indu VARANASI
Architect
SenseLabAurora DESTRO
Academic Collaborator | Architect
SenseLabMatteo SQUAIELLA
Product Designer
SenseLabEmanuela GAGLIAZZO
Office Manager
SenseLabMartino CABASSI
Creative Designer
SenseLabCarlo TARTAGLIA
Graphic Designer
SenseLabMap of People
