What makes a place feel alive? True placemaking is about more than luxury apartments or retail turnover. It is about community, connection, and soulful design. Exploring Ponsonby’s decline and how thoughtful transport, materials, and street design could bring back its buzz and vibrancy. Michael Davies Architect NZ.

The final blog in the Sensory Architecture series explores how multi-sensory design creates spaces that resonate on a deeper, more human level.

Discover how taste influences architecture and placemaking. From multisensory design to the flavour of materials, Daedal explores how taste completes the sensory experience of soulful architecture.

Explore the role of sight in sensory architecture with Daedal. Discover how natural light, visual hierarchy, and material contrast enhance wellbeing and deepen our connection to space. Michael Davies Architect NZ.

Discover how smell shapes our emotional connection to space in part 3 of Daedal’s Sensory Architecture series. Explore the power of scent, natural materials, and biophilic design with Michael Davies Architect NZ.

Sound shapes how we experience space, yet it is often overlooked in architecture. Discover how acoustic design enhances wellbeing, connection, and emotion in this sensory exploration from Daedal.

Explore how touch shapes emotional connection in architecture. From natural materials to thermal comfort, this post reveals why designing for the sense of touch creates spaces that feel alive. By Michael Davies Architect NZ.

Discover the power of sensory architecture with Daedal. This introduction previews a six-part series exploring how design can shape emotion, connection, and wellbeing through all five senses.

Great architecture begins with the land. Discover why landscape-led design leads to more resilient, soulful, and sustainable buildings – from city blocks to tiny homes. A Daedal perspective by Michael Davies Architect NZ.

Discover why cities like Auckland need more than efficiency — they need soul. Michael Davies of Daedal Architecture explores how curiosity, vibrancy, and sensory richness create urban spaces that feel truly alive.