Place-Based Experience Design

Catalog description

Places tell stories. Stadium concourses pulse with anticipation. Themed restaurants transport diners to other worlds. Museums become portals to imagination. Worship spaces inspire contemplation. This course teaches you to design immersive environments where narrative, space, and sensory design work together to create memorable experiences. You'll develop narrative angles that guide every design decision—from environmental graphics wrapping walls to carefully sequenced moments of revelation as visitors move through space. Projects will challenge you to design for a variety of contexts, and each requires understanding how people use places. Through analyzing influential themed environments and immersive installations, you'll see how designers have shaped spatial storytelling throughout history. The course culminates in detailed implementation plans—specifying materials, fabrication methods, and installation requirements—because great concepts must become buildable realities. EL. Prerequisite: ART 251 , ART 252 , ART 227 or permission of instructor.