Cognitive architecture : designing for how we respond to the built environment / Ann Sussman, Justin B. Hollander.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2021Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 228 pages, 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780367468590
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cognitive architectureDDC classification:
  • 720.103 S314 2021 23
LOC classification:
  • NA2540
Contents:
New Foundation: Darwin, Biology, and Cognitive Science -- Edges Matter: Thigmotaxis (the 'Wall-hugging' Trait) -- Patterns Matter: Faces and Spaces -- Shapes Carry Weight: Bilateral Symmetry, (Hierarchy), Curves, and Complexity -- Storytelling is Key: We're Wired for Narrative -- Nature is our Context: Biophilia and Biophilic Design -- Buildings, Biology and Biometrics: Collecting Empirical Data for Evidence-Based Design -- The 21st-Century Paradigm Shift in Biology and Psychology Reframes Architectures and Its History.
Summary: "In this expanded second edition of Cognitive Architecture, the authors review new findings in psychology and neuroscience to help architects and planners better understand their clients as the sophisticated mammals they are, arriving in the world with built-in responses to the environment. Discussing key biometric tools to help designers 'see' subliminal human behaviors and suggesting new ways to analyze designs before they are built, this new edition brings readers up-to-date on scientific tools relevant for assessing architecture and the human experience of the built environment. The new edition includes:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

New Foundation: Darwin, Biology, and Cognitive Science -- Edges Matter: Thigmotaxis (the 'Wall-hugging' Trait) -- Patterns Matter: Faces and Spaces -- Shapes Carry Weight: Bilateral Symmetry, (Hierarchy), Curves, and Complexity -- Storytelling is Key: We're Wired for Narrative -- Nature is our Context: Biophilia and Biophilic Design -- Buildings, Biology and Biometrics: Collecting Empirical Data for Evidence-Based Design -- The 21st-Century Paradigm Shift in Biology and Psychology Reframes Architectures and Its History.

"In this expanded second edition of Cognitive Architecture, the authors review new findings in psychology and neuroscience to help architects and planners better understand their clients as the sophisticated mammals they are, arriving in the world with built-in responses to the environment. Discussing key biometric tools to help designers 'see' subliminal human behaviors and suggesting new ways to analyze designs before they are built, this new edition brings readers up-to-date on scientific tools relevant for assessing architecture and the human experience of the built environment. The new edition includes:

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