Click on images above to read this post on CommonEdge.org, a non-profit site dedicated to improving the design of our built environment.

The piece is co-authored by Ann Sussman and Katie Chen. Ann also co-authors this GoD (GeneticsofDesign) blog with Janice Ward.

Thanks to Strong Towns for also linking and writing about this post.

Thanks to ArchDaily.com for republishing this article in 2020.

We also thank Kateryna Kozlova for translating this piece into Russian and Ukrainian and posting on birdinflight.com in 2021.

Here is a YouTube video presented at ANFA (Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture) in 2020, elaborating its key points: