This course, based at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM), examines mechanized perception as a method of sensing the built environment, focusing on how both humans and human-like machines respond to their surroundings. From the physiological to the peripheral, students will explore these “mechanical eyes” and their ability to perceive, revealing biases and transforming our engagement with material spaces. Central to the curriculum are weekly études across various technical mediums that challenge conventional perceptions, encouraging students to rethink structure and form through themes such as inversion, cause and effect, and embodiment. The final project focuses on designing a mechanical eye for artificial or real life, creating an architectural stimulus that questions the underlying human perspectives in mechanical data. The project will serve as a critical social and cultural exploration of how mechanical perceptions can inform and revolutionize art and architecture workflows to accommodate the expanding state of human and human-like perception.