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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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Take Part in updated Eye-Tracking Building Studies Here

Studies are down now and in analyses; expect results out by next month. Building Study–#6: https://my.imotions.com/collect/v148/#s/c7c7e13d-cb62-4361-bd63-4ab0426ccdaa?iMotionsLocale=en-US Building Study-#5: https://my.imotions.com/collect/v109/#s/7ce0d33b-c461-421e-973f-c4654307e88a?iMotionsLocale=en-US These studies are sponsored by theHapi.org (the Human Architecture + Planning Institute) a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the human experience of the built … Continue reading

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Take Part in these Eye-Tracking Studies – to Help ‘See’ How We See our World!

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

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A Talk on Cognitive Architecture – Thursday, November 17th

Interested in seeing how the brain directs your experience of the built environment, subliminally? Then sign up for this free talk, over Zoom, sponsored by the Consulting Planners of Massachusetts, on Thursday, November 17th at 12 PM EST. It’s open … Continue reading

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BuildingStudy–#5: Now out for analysis!

The BuildingStudy–#5 is out for analysis. Should have results soon! Same with Building Study–#4. Building Study–#4: Results out soon; https://my.imotions.com/collect/v109/#s/409af02a-27cd-436a-986e-8c64d935b5aa?iMotionsLocale=en-US Building Study–#5: Results out soon: https://my.imotions.com/collect/v109/#s/7ce0d33b-c461-421e-973f-c4654307e88a?iMotionsLocale=en-US These Studies use state-of-the-art eye-tracking and facial-expression-analysis software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric … Continue reading

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