Our bodies are in constant dialogue with our built environment: we move to experience architecture, and in turn, are moved by its presence. Movement is intrinsically linked to the way we experience our buildings, yet the body in motion has not been acknowledged for understanding and conceiving architectural form. In this thesis, the phenomenon of kinesthetic empathy is unleashed within the exploration of a choreographic architecture, where body, form and movement share an entangled relationship in the creation of an architectural composition. This approach investigates an architecture that embraces gestural and physiological behaviour for the development of a corporeal environment capable of stimulating and reawakening the mind and body. With the current technologies available for analyzing human movement, this investigation probes human kinesis as an external force for the formation of space, and thus, cultivates a new theory towards making architecture move — choreographing an architecture of kinesthetic empathy.

Choreographing Architecture's final experiment explores the concept of a spatial performance. The composition is designed to interact and respond to three distinctive environments that move the dweller, both physically and emotionally. These settings include the body being submerged underwater, positioned at the interface between water and air, and immersed within the sky above. The architecture underwater is fluid and open, responding to the resistance of the waters; this condition allows space to be explored freely, stimulating the inhabitant’s curiosity and imagination. At the interface of water and air, the design facilitates the convergence of both mediums, creating a tranquil environment for a moment of self-reflection and resting. Lastly, the summit of the structure opens up to the sky above, encouraging the dweller to daydream and wonder. In these three realms, the natural and built environments are choreographed to spur a resonance within one’s body when encountering the subtleties of change through space.