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‘Built Beautiful,’ the Movie on Architecture + Neuroscience Streaming Live at Boston Architectural College on Dec. 7, 2020
Built Beautiful – Trailer from Mariel Rodriguez-McGill on Vimeo. The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announced it will screen this new documentary which bridges the arts + sciences on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 7 PM EST. All are invited to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Biology, Design, Neuroscience, People-centric Design
Tagged Architecture, Design, Film, Neuro-aesthetics, Neuroscience
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Eye Tracking Architecture to ‘See’ Human Nature
Humans are remarkable creatures, and a great way to appreciate the hidden aspects of our nature is with eye tracking, a biometric tool that measures how our eyes move to take in our surroundings—often without our conscious awareness or control. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Eye Tracking, Neuroscience, People-centric Design
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How Neuroscience Reframes Architectural History (on YouTube)
Story + video by Ann Sussman, RA This video was posted last week at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2020 conference: It reviews a poster, first presented at the 30th Annual International Trauma Conference in Boston, MA in 2019, … Continue reading
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Faces: The Key to Making Happy Places
Do you see faces in these gingerbread cottages in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, a popular summer retreat on this island ten miles off the coast of Massachusetts? Does it seem like they are looking at you? Built as part of … Continue reading
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The Case Against All-Glass Facades
The pictures tell the story. And make the case. Biometric studies explain why. At left, is a photo of MassArt Design and Media Center, (c. 2016), a public college of applied art in downtown Boston; at right, the George Wythe … Continue reading
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Tagged Glass Facades
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Empathy in Design: Measuring How Faces Make Places
Since 2015, Ragusa, Sicily has hosted FestiWall, an international art festival devoted to enhancing the public realm and improving citizen engagement with the modern section of an old city. Here are two views of a residential tower before and after … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Planning, Design, Eye Tracking, Neuroscience, People-centric Design, STEM
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Empathy in Design: Measuring the Impact of Biophilia
Is home your happy place? Does it make you feel warm and welcome? Now that a pandemic has turned our homes into multipurpose spaces that double as offices, gyms, schools, playgrounds and safe havens from a virus, feelings matter more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Biophilia
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Why Buildings Need ‘Eyes’
As a social species, we are built to see eyes, so we look for them all the time — everywhere — without conscious awareness or control. When we find them, they grab our attention, anchoring us in space, securing us … Continue reading
How Boston’s Glassy Seaport Fails + Why It Always Will!
A recent article in the Boston Globe Magazine, 15 Things to Love and 11 Things to Loathe about Boston, labels the newest glassy section of the city “soulless” something people “loathe,” calling Boston’s Seaport District a “bland cityscape, a tract of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Planning, Design, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged Design, Facade
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Why eye-track the Mona Lisa? To see your brain at work!
Humans are pattern recognition experts. And looking at Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (c. 1503) below, listed as the world’s most viewed painting, is a good way to see the pattern we’re most cut out to see. It’s the face, … Continue reading
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