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Senses

The human body reacts to the different conditions it encounters in space: physiology changes and sensory perception is altered.

Our organism is designed to adapt, as far as possible, to all living conditions. When it perceives a change in its environment, it adapts by modifying its behaviour. This also happens in Space, where our senses react to conflicting stimuli that send signals to the brain of the changed conditions, altering the perception of the surrounding reality.

In Space, the confined environment amplifies visual and tactile perceptions of objects and surfaces, making lights and noises more intense and disturbing. The different pressure on the retina makes colours appear less saturated. Taste buds offer a different perception of the taste of food than is experienced on Earth, and both taste and smell lose intensity.

The avant-garde of Space Design aims to create sensory environments capable of rebalancing the psycho-physical state through the strategic use of colours, materials, surfaces and technologies, while integrating ergonomic and functional aspects with emotional ones. Designing sensorial space environments means establishing new living standards that go beyond survival, offering greater comfort and well-being. In these spaces, emotional reactions, the semiotics of objects and the quality of proxemic relationships become fundamental, capable of evoking earthly memories and transforming an environment devoid of natural stimuli into a more intense and reassuring experience.