30 under 30 Exhibition Series

2022's second 30/30 exhibitor is former Architecture graduate Liam Sheehan. The Wellington School of Architecture Alumni’s work uses the tools of Virtual Reality to create symbiotic environments that engage the human thermosensory (ability to feel temperature changes), and visual and auditory systems to understand the relationship between our bodies and the spaces we inhabit.

Experience’ began for Liam with a love for the weightless sensory experience of swimming. His research took that affinity and started to question how multi-sensory experiences affect the human perception of space and how we can experience the medium of space parallel to the way we experience the medium of movement, propulsion and immersion in water.

Experience breaks down the human sensory system to better understand our bodies' connection with space itself. Through the application of coding, architectural design methods and the constantly expanded wealth of knowledge about the sensory system, Liam began to develop the final design which aimed to create a unique meditative sensory experience; in which the qualities of the virtual space itself began to reveal themselves.

Liam's work will be in the Te Aro window gallery from April 1st - 20th.