What Makes a Place Feel Like Home? Inside Bann’s Immersive Journey of Memory and Belonging

The idea of “home” is often more complex than a physical place. It can be shaped by childhood memories, personal struggle, relationships, loss, change, and the process of rebuilding one’s identity over time.

At CMKL University, a team of M.S. in TCI students developed Bann, an immersive exhibition that invites visitors to reflect on memory, belonging, and the emotional meaning of home.

The exhibition takes visitors through a sequence of rooms, each representing a different stage of life and inner experience. The journey begins with childhood memories, moves through the struggles of growing up, explores how people interpret experiences differently, and leads toward the realization that each person is part of a larger universe. The final stage invites visitors to rebuild their own sense of belonging.

Bann blends interactive design, storytelling, and sensory experience to create a reflective environment. Rather than presenting a single narrative, the project is designed to become personal for each visitor, encouraging them to slow down, feel, and reconnect with themselves.

As a graduate project, Bann demonstrates how technology and design can be used to create emotionally meaningful experiences. It expands the role of creative technology beyond screens and interfaces, showing how interactive systems can support introspection, empathy, and personal transformation.

For CMKL, Bann reflects the creative dimension of graduate study: students are not only building technical systems, but also designing experiences that help people understand themselves and the world around them in new ways.

Student members: Pornnaphas Chairojwong, Thanabodee Klai-on, Kanokjan Singhsuwan, Suvijuk Samitimata, and Peeranat Patarakittisopol, M.S. in TCI

Advisor: Dr. Priyakorn Pusawiro, CMKL Adjunct Faculty

Category: Creative Technology / Immersive Experience Design