This year’s AIA Conference drew an international crowd to Boston’s Convention Center. Our nonprofit, the Human Architecture + Planning Institute (theHapi.org) was thrilled to be part of it; sharing a booth at the expo with iMotions, a global purveyor of biometric tools. Here’s pictures of the booth, #1862:

Definitely a very animated event:

People stopped by to learn about eye tracking, which follows conscious and non-conscious eye movements and to try out facial expression analysis software, that reflects your changing expressions more quickly than one might imagine:

All these tools are available for designers and architects to use today to better understand the human experience of the built environment, and improve design outcomes, by doing so. That’s the mission of theHapi.org, to improve design through education and research. Books displayed at the booth promoted human-centric, biologically-aware design, included the forthcoming Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment (Routledge), due out this September, and the newly published People-Centered Architecture (Wiley) by Milton Shinberg.

For more information on the books at the booth, check out QR codes (+ discount codes) below – click on the images to enlarge;

And a big thank-you to all our collaborators, Nam, Kieu, Ole from iMotions; Justin, Hazel, Agatha, Lili, Rhone-Ann, from Tufts; and theHapi Team, Abigail, Kelsey, Linda, Don and Milton – your expertise, energy + books, made this booth happen, bringing people together, making history!