Chrisoula Kapelonis
Senior Design Lead for Home Intelligence, Google Home
Wearing space
Today, we are all cyborgs. As we navigate our cities adorned with wearable devices, the boundary between human and machine is rapidly dissolving. This talk explores how wearables, though seemingly ephemeral in form, manifest real and tangible impacts on our urban experience—introducing a new architectural typology that extends beyond buildings to the very limits of our bodies and the software we use. Phones, health trackers, and headphones cradle us in digital frameworks that reshape how we perceive and inhabit space. In this emerging paradigm, we build the wearable, and we wear the building.
Ahearn Workshop: Extending the Body
February 15-17
Chrisoula Kapelonis will be holding an in-person workshop, open only to current students, on February 15-17, where she will guide students in transforming everyday materials into extensions of the body. Drawing from her expertise in innovative prosthetic wearables, Kapelonis will share her process of translating the human form into spatial architecture. Students will design and construct custom wearable pieces, exploring their interaction with the body and space.
The workshop will also introduce techniques for digitally capturing these works through imagery and drawing. Open to students across disciplines, we encourage participation from both the School of Architecture and VPA departments to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
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The Ahearn Workshops are made possible by a gift from Patrick Ahearn ’73, G’73, member of the School of Architecture Advisory Board and Syracuse University Trustee.
