Thomaz, BarbaraPinheiro, Ethel2022Thomaz , B & Pinheiro , E 2022 , ' Re-scaling living spaces : an analysis through a spatial empathy ' .Back to Human Scale : Rethinking Human Spaces for TomorrowThe immateriality of spaces and how it interferes in the actions of the body and in the spatial experience is as important as technical aspects involved in the conception of its physical dimension. However, when dealing with the spatial conception in Architecture is it is usual that quantitative measures are prioritized while the influence of the body in space is less explored. The present work is based on the idea of Spatial Empathy, which considers that the joint spatial experience arises from the multisensory, embodied and emotive encounter amidst space and place. The term Empathy first appeared in architecture in Aesthetic studies developed by Einfühlung, an approach from the second half of the 19th century. Einfühlung is the genesis of the concept Empathy and deals with the relationship between the subject and the object from the feeling fostered by the latter. Acording to Einfühlung’s theorists, the arts could be analyzed through Empathy due to a ‘dye’ that appears as a fusion between what is seen and what is felt. This understanding can be applied to urban spaces, which also have their tonality, their coloring, their ambiences. In order to collaborate with the study of urban ambiances, this article explores de ideia of Spatial Empathy as a means of analysis and understanding of lived spaces. The results of fields works showed that the body immersed in the environment can help to rethink public spaces and collective experiences, since it is on the human scale that the body interacts directly with the surrondings.application/pdfengopenAccessARQUITETURADESIGN ARQUITETÓNICOPLANEAMENTO URBANOEMPATIA ESPACIALARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURAL DESIGNURBAN PLANNINGSPATIAL EMPATHYconferenceObject