Mirna ZORDAN

Mirna Zordan is an architect and a design instructor with a strong interest in biosensing technology, responsive environments, and empathy-driven design. Her approaches leverage technology for good and as a medium for care in support of human health. Professor Zordan received her BA and MA at IUAV The University of Venice together with her license for practicing Architecture. She holds a PhD from City University of Hong Kong awarded with the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS). Before joining SUSTech, she was  a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Hong Kong. She worked as an architect in Sydney, and taught and was an invited lecturer in several international institutions. In Shenzhen, she is the founder and director of Future Spaces Vision Lab; her work was showcased in the 19^th Venice Biennale, the 24^th Triennale Milano as part of the China International Participation, Shenzhen Design Week, The SWCAC Shenzhen, 11^th Art Shenzhen, Shenzhen-Hongkong-Macao Digital Design Exhibition, and more. She was awarded with local and international design awards (Global Design Awards 2025, SGADC 24 Singapore), and she received the 2025 Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund. Through her work, she aims to promote awareness and support for humans' health, envisioning a greater presence of humans towards their inner selves, other humans, and the environment.

For more information, please see: https://www.fsv-lab.com 

Selected Publications

Zordan, M., Migliore*, E., Zhang, M., Lin, P.  (2025). A Biosensing System for Visualizing Material Perceptions through Physiological Computing and Geometric Encoding. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Posters (SA Posters ’25), December 15–18, 2025, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757374.3771478 

Cheng, B., Ye, Z., Rui, H., Zordan, M.*  (2025). VICINO. Generative expressions of proximity, rhythm, and unspoken connections. In SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Gallery (SA Art Gallery ’25), December 15–18, 2025, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1 page. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757368.3765559 

Zordan, M.*, Zhao, Y., Pei, J., Yang, Y., Zhang, L. (2025). “You are the sea”. Human-Sea Interoception through Sailboats Motion Detection and Biometric Data Overlay. Proceedings of DIS '25 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715668.3735601

Zhang, X., Pei, J., Chen, C., Je, S., Zordan, M.* (2025). Fire-Works: An Interactive System Based on Breathing Patterns to Support Social Interactions Among the Oldest Old Living in Long-Term Care Facilities. Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3719754

Zhao, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., Lin, S., Zordan, M.* (2025). RESPIRA: An Immersive Biometric Fractal Visualization System in Support of Diaphragmatic Breathing Training for Anxiety Management. Proceedings of ISEA: 30th International Symposium on Electronic and Emerging Art, Seoul, Republic of Korea (ISEA 2025). https://doi.org/10.23362/KOEN2025.07.25.1.064

Zordan, M.*, Xue, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, L. (2025). Breakthrough: A Multi-modal Interactive Experience to Support Psychological Capital Through Stress Breaking. Proceedings of ISEA: 30th International Symposium on Electronic and Emerging Art, Seoul, Republic of Korea (ISEA 2025). https://doi.org/10.23362/KOEN2025.07.25.2.142

Xue, Y., & Zordan, M.*, Zhang, X., Chen, C. (2024). Minus x Minus = Plus: A Semi-controlled Data Processing System Based on EEG Biofeedback for Stress Sharing. Proceedings of the 2024 Chinese CHI Conference ( Chinese CHI ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3758871.3758963 

Zhou, Q., Cao, L., Ma, Q., Pei, J., Zhao, Y., Zordan, M.* (2024). E-VISTA: Chinese Paintings for an In-Vehicle Immersive Experience to Ease Motion Sickness and Improve Riding Comfort in Autonomous Vehicles. Proceedings of the 2024 Chinese CHI Conference ( Chinese CHI ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3758871.3758941

Zordan, M.*, Maree, P.J.H. (2024). Visual complexity, stress levels, and restorative environments: 1/f noise analysis for a better understanding of Intangible Human-Environment Interactions. Proceedings of Changing Cities VI: Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage and Socio-Economic dimensions, Rhodes, Greece, June 2024. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384637276_Visual_complexity_stress_levels_and_restorative_environments_1f_noise_analysis_for_a_better_understanding_of_Intangible_Human-Environment_Interactions

Zordan, M.* & Je, S. (2024) Brain-Load, Stress Levels, and Visual Complexity: Digital Tools for the Detection of Intangible Human-Environment Interactions. XRDS 30, 3 (Spring 2024), 14–19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3652617

Zordan, M.*; Tsou, J.Y., Huang, H. (2023). Street Vibrancy and Outdoor Activities under COVID-19 Psychological Distress: Lessons from Hong Kong. Land 12, 1896. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101896