Experience Design for the Built Environment with Léonard Roussel, Creative Technologist
About the Conversation
How does user experience play into the design of intentional environments in the real world? Léonard Roussel's entry into experience design began with sound; he currently leads the technical delivery of multisensory experiential projects at design and engineering firm Arup in New York.
He shares his take on the Arup philosophy of Total Design and how it feeds into deploying meaningful experiences in physical space, particularly in the context of large-scale public space projects impacting many user types and requiring careful coordination of multiple design disciplines for successful implementation.
He illustrates this framework with two current projects: the newly announced Cultural Program (Art, Branding, and Digital Experience) at the New Terminal One at JFK Airport, and the Riverwalks Resilience and Revitalization in Downtown Providence, RI, both experience-led with their own unique set of challenges, as well as his own art practice that focuses on our complex relationships with an unexpected type of users in the built environment.
JFK New Terminal One Cultural Program
Providence Riverwalks Resilience
About our Speaker
Léonard Roussel is a multimedia artist, technologist, experiential systems designer, sound designer, and musician based in New York.
At the international engineering firm Arup he leads the technical design of media installations that tell bespoke stories and bring people together in the built environment, and has contributed to a number of experiential projects in the Americas and overseas including the New Terminal One at JFK Airport, Sphere in Las Vegas, the Riverwalks revitalization in Providence, the Harvard Treehouse, or the Lou Reed Listening Room at the New York Public Library. His personal creative practice is rooted in audio, music, spatial and generative media. It has been featured in media art festivals such as Fête des Lumières in Lyon and the Berlin Festival Of Lights, museums and galleries in New York City including the Rubin Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, BioBAT Art Space, Open SourceGallery, and Knockdown Center.
He is a founding member of Collective Scope, a mixed-media artist group that develops and produces immersive art installations focused on the relationships between human, non-human, and the environment.
About Futurespaces
Futurespaces delves into contemporary experience design, with a specific focus on how innovations in design and technology can meaningfully enhance human connection.
Founded and led by Josh Goldblum (Bluecadet) Futurespaces offers live webinars and in-person tours that provide valuable insights into the creative process of creating contemporary experiences.