We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the 7-part HAPI Certification Course, open to all, live here and on the AIA website.

Based on the book Cognitive Architecture, 2nd ed, the Certification course reviews key findings in psychology and biology that help us understand the human experience of the built environment. Topics covered include:

Key Learning Objectives are to:

• Understand the importance of the human ‘unconscious’ in our perception of architecture & design;
• See how biometric modeling, including eye tracking, can be used as a tool to assess design by revealing unconscious experience;
• Appreciate the extent the human brain is oriented to visual processing, geared to take in faces both human and inanimate, and why this matters;
• Learn how evolution presets our perceptual biases because they offered survival advantages.

Courses run 1/2 hour each and provide AIA Learning Unit credit (0.5 per course); the first five courses are $25 each; the last two, introducing biometrics to participants, Class 6 and 7, are free. When all seven courses are completed, participants become ‘HAPI Certified‘.

The course provider, the Human Architecture + Planning Institute (theHapi.org), is a non-profit dedicated to understanding the human experience of the built environment and improving its design through education + research.

Feel free to reach out to contact(at)theHapi.org if you have any questions – and remember: