The phenomenology of perception in Merleau-Ponty and interior design: thinking about the body in the experience of projected space

 Our research is focused on understanding the phenomenological aspects of the perceptual experience of the body in spatiality in order to design environments in more humanized contexts that enhance the feelinf of existence of the beng in the world. The study hás as its man theoretical foundation the work Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1945/ 2018), and we take as a starting poni the analysis of the concepts of body, spatiality, movement, intentionality and perception. This is because, at this firts moment, we need to uderstand the French philosopher’s view of the spatiality of the body and its existential condition of being in the world. We Will deal with the theme of the spatiality of the body in Merleau-Ponty and the Power of motor intentionality o four bodies when traveling through the spaces of the world, in order to Begin na understanding of teh questiono f the habito f the body in the realization of the perceptive experience. Then, we will try to study the concepts of feeling and spatiality in order that we can later develop a systematization of the understanding of the aesthetic and creative experience of the body applied to Interior Design towards contribuitions to a phenomenology of the inhabited space. The intention is to demonstrate that Design is a mental action that directly impacts the feelings and behaviors of individuals, highlighting their humanity, and to note this is to pay attention to the pulsanting need to understand Interior Design from the of view of philosophical view, emphasizing the relationship o four bodies with spaces and other elements of human perception that influence this process.