Neurotechnology and Spatial Design Course

Designing with the Brain in Mind

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Presentation

This one-week intensive programme introduces participants to emerging approaches at the intersection of spatial design and neurotechnology.

Through a design-led, studio-based format, the course combines research, hands-on experimentation, and no-code AI workflows to explore how spaces can be designed in response to perception, behavior, and feedback. Participants develop an individual project grounded in experiential thinking and workflow-driven design, gaining practical tools and conceptual frameworks applicable across architecture, design, and creative practice.

Who is it aimed at?

This course is open to anyone curious about how spaces are experienced, shaped, and felt, and how emerging technologies can inform design practice. It is particularly suited to participants with a background or interest in spatial and experiential design, including architecture, interior design, urban design, game design, product design, set design, and related fields, as well as those interested in human behavior, perception, psychology, neuroscience, or neurotechnology.

Objectives

Gain a foundational understanding of the field at the intersection of neuroscience, neurotechnology, and spatial design.
Become familiar with key neurotechnologies and biosensing tools, including hands-on use, data capture, and interpretation.
Become familiar with key neurotechnologies and biosensing tools, including hands-on use, data capture, and interpretation.
Use no-code AI tools to build experimental design workflows that connect sensing, analysis, and spatial outcomes.
Understand the core neuroscience concepts relevant to spatial experience, cognition, perception, and behavior, and how they inform design decisions.
Develop a clear, testable project proposal or prototype that applies the tools, methods, and concepts explored during the course.
Adopt a workflow-driven design mindset, where processes, feedback loops, and systems thinking become primary design drivers.

Structure and contents

Structural Principles

Studio-based, design-led approach
No prior neuroscience or technical background required
No-code tools only
Learning through making, testing, and reflection
Emphasis on experience, systems, and workflows.

Day 1: Context, Curiosity & Research

Focus: Framing the questions

Introduction to spatial experience, perception, and human-centered design
Conceptual overview of neurotechnology, sensing, and responsive environments
Case studies from architecture, art, games, and interactive spaces
Research board workshop: themes, references, questions, keywords, areas of interest

Outcome: Research board ( individual or collective )

Day 2: Tools, Signals & No-Code Workflows

Focus: Understanding and enabling design

Introduction to neurotechnology and biosensing
What signals represent, how they are captured, and their limitations
Hands-on use of sensing tools and data collection
Introduction to no-code AI workflows for analysis, translation, and prototyping
Ethics, responsibility, and critical use

Outcome: readiness to work with tools, data, and workflows.

Day 3: Project Kickoff: From Research to Concept

Focus: Design begins

Translating research boards into design questions and project intentions
Defining spatial scenarios, interactions, and experiential goals
Mapping initial workflows: sensing → logic → spatial outcome
Early concept development and testing

Outcome: a clear project concept and workflow direction.

Day 4: Iteration, Feedback & System Design

Focus: Designing through feedback

Developing workflows as adaptive systems
Feedback loops, responsiveness, and iteration
Refining spatial logic, behaviors, and interactions
Project development and testing

Outcome: a refined project logic or prototype.

Day 5: Synthesis, Presentation & Reflection

Focus: Consolidation and articulation

Finalizing projects and workflows
Presentations and group discussion
Reflection on applications, ethics, and future directions

Outcome: a coherent project proposal or prototype, grounded in experience, sensing, and workflow-driven design.

Faculty

Firàs Safieddine

Firàs is a spatial design practitioner whose work spans architecture, urbanism, media art, design, ecology, and neurotechnology.

He designs narratives, cities, buildings, spaces, experiences, installations, and products in both the physical and virtual world layers. He is the author of Spatialization Takes Command.

Through his research, he coined Electrical Ecologies and The Function of Interiority. Heading to the future, he aims at realizing the first ‘architecture brain implant’.