Brain landscape
Subtitle: the coexistence of neuroscience and architecture
By: John Paul Eberhard.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780195331721
Subjects: Neurosciences; Architecture; Space perception -- Physiological aspects; Brain -- physiology; Architecture as Topic -- methods; Environment Design; Esthetics -- psychology; Neurosciences -- methods; Space Perception -- physiology
Description: From the Publisher: Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture is the first book to serve as an intellectual bridge between architectural practice and neuroscience research. John P. Eberhard, founding President of the non-profit Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, argues that increased funding, and the ability to think beyond the norm, will lead to a better understanding of how scientific research can change how we design, illuminate, and build spaces. Inversely, he posits that by better understanding the effects that buildings and places have on us, and our mental state, the better we may be able to understand how the human brain works. This book is devoted to describing architectural design criteria for schools, offices, laboratories, memorials, churches, and facilities for the aging, and then posing hypotheses about human experiences in such settings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Approaches to consciousness and my personal history; title: Neuroscience and the design of educational places; title: Vision and light in architectural settings; title: Memorials, sacred places, and memorials; title: Memory of places and spaces and the design of facilities for the aging; title: Systems neuroscience and building systems applied to workplace design; title: Methods and models for future research.