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How does adding Biophilic Art change an Office? Take part in this biometric study to find out!

Biophilia refers to the human need to connect and interact with nature to be at our best. Take part in this biometric study to explore how adding biophilic art changes the office experience. Here’s the link. Anyone with a laptop … Continue reading

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Announcing the HAPI Podcast: Where Design + Humanity Meet!

We’re thrilled to launch the HAPI Podcast as part of the Human Architecture + Planning Institute’s nonprofit mission to improve the design of our built environment through education and research Hosted by Jo Riddle, the HAPI Podcast “brings urban design, … Continue reading

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How Eye Tracking Reveals What Really Makes Streets Walkable

by Ann Sussman, RA Interested in learning how adding trees and greenery improve the pedestrian experience? Or how it increases the likelihood that people will even consider walking down a suburban street? Then check out the work at the Devens … Continue reading

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What Happens When You Eye-Tracking Buildings + Bus-Stops? Check out these Talks to find out!

These free webinars took place Thursday, February 15, 2024. And the contents may change how you ‘see’ yourself and our world – bus stops included; These talks explore the power of today’s biometric tools, including eye tracking, to reveal how … Continue reading

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When asked to draw ‘a House’ people often add – a Tree!

by Ann Sussman + Abigail C. Sekely At the SNEAPA conference in New Haven this fall, we asked more than two dozen planners to draw ‘a house‘. Participants took part in the House Experiment, a study where they are asked … Continue reading

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Biometrics + Bus Stops: What Eye Tracking + Facial Expression Analysis Reveal

by Abigail C. Sekely + Ann Sussman, RA, theHapi.org How do people look at bus stops? What catches their eye? What makes them happy? In this pilot study prepared for the City of Chelsea with ITDP-US (Institute for Transportation Development … Continue reading

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Interested in Eye-tracking Architecture? Check out these latest Studies using Biometrics!

How do we look at buildings? Eye-tracking is one of the tools we can use to understand how our brain directs our behavior in the built environment, without our awareness, more than most realize. Check out these talks, presented at … Continue reading

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How do we see Bus Stops? This eye-tracking study is out for analysis now – will have results soon!

These studies use state-of-the-art software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric tools for human behavioral research. They are co-sponsored by theHapi.org (the Human Architecture + Planning Institute) a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the human experience of the built environment and improving its … Continue reading

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Adding Flowers to a Bus Stop Matters – Here’s Why!

by Abigail Sekely and Ann Sussman Aiming to increase ridership and improve the transit experience, the City of Chelsea, MA, engaged local artists and designers to add flowers and a new patterned walkway to a central MBTA bus stop. “It’s … Continue reading

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Celebrating Juneteenth: PechaKucha Science + Design Talks, June 20th, 2023

Join us for an architectural PechaKucha event that explores the relationship between design and freedom. The event, over Zoom, was sponsored by improvscience.org, and part of a Freedom Festival, in honor of Juneteenth, that ran through July 4, 2023. Here … Continue reading

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