CONCLUSION
This Master Thesis exemplifies a design driven by alliesthesia, with a main focus on the environmental qualities of thermal, visual, spatial and social alliesthesia. The Spa House shapes visual and sensory experiences by integrating the phenomenological and poetic dimensions of architecture into a Performance-based design. Computational tools and performance-driven design methods inform the evolving environments. For instance, when investigating interconnections between window opening, material, daylight and atmosphere, or how to minimise the energy demand related to the envelope. To that end, the simulations generate feedback for the design to attain the goals for energy. The two investigations start bridging the gap between the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of the architecture. Thus, the bridge gets further strengthened by integrating other indoor environmental parameters, such as those mapped in the psychrometric charts, when designing experiences. In the investigation of how to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative dimensions of architecture, the thermal and visual alliesthesia has steered the design the most. Computational simulations and mapped environmental conditions have informed the final design proposal and its evolving environments with spaces of different nature. The introduced spatial and social alliesthesia is complicated to measure and is therefore based on expected experiences and use when designing spaces. The conceptual principles of acoustic alliesthesia inform the urban strategy and overall programming of the building. However, this should be investigated further in relation to the experience to support the desired atmosphere. The design is based on a programmatic approach of zonings horizontal and vertical, interior and exterior. The indoor environment merges and incorporates flow,
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mechanical conditioning and structural principles in a tectonic concept following the narrative of carving. The tectonic gestures of the main stair being carved into the core, the chiselled window details, and the textured surfaces tell the story of a stereotomic Spa House. To that end, the architecture combines aesthetics, durability and convenience into the narrative of the building. The stereotomy and sectional connections are utilised to improve spatial alliesthesia. The stereotomic game in the exterior shapes and mediates spaces between the diversity in dwellers. The transformation of the Pier creates environments for gathering, condensing a wide range of user groups and social activities, to which social alliesthesia is intended to happen in one of the last free spaces close to the inner city of Aalborg. The social sustainably benefits from the new gathering place and contra balances some of the challenging aspects of the economical and environmental sustainability of a Spa House. However, environmental sustainability is attempted to be met by minimising the energy demand in non-extreme areas and utilising passive and active means such as photovoltaics, thermal collectors, and a heat pump connected to the Fjord. To that end, a potential surplus could feed into the heat grid of the Aalborg, favourable to connecting the Spa House and the city. In sum, it is possible to combine and integrate the phenomenological dimension of architecture with the pragmatic aspects of IEQ metrics. An integration that creates a place that offers the possibility to explore both unique physiological and psychological experiences. By applying principles of thermal, visual, social, spatial, and audible alliesthesia it is possible to create transient, multisensory spaces that impact people in specific ways, is indeed a way to create Evolving Environments.
