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Aiming for a Happy-2025 Holiday? Pick up the HAPI-Course Bundled!
Just in time for the Holidays, we’re again offering a package deal on the HAPI Certification course, all 7-classes bundled for $99! What is it? Seven half-hour presentations bridging the arts + sciences, revealing how biology and psychology shape our experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, biometrics, City Planning, Health, Neuroscience, Walkability
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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
To Keep Calm: Take in Nature + Fall Fractals
Nature walks relieve stress, curb anxiety, and help us feel calm. That’s what we found on a recent walk through the woods in Concord, Massachusetts, and now there’s more science to back it up. Outside in nature, we easily take … Continue reading
Posted in Fractals, Nature, Patterns, Primal Vista, Walkability
Tagged Fractals, Health, Nature
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The Public Realm: What Cars Took Away + Never Gave Back
Where would you rather be? The main street above or the one below? We’d guess you’ll pick the one most at top, even though these images show the very same street — photographed about 100 years apart! It’s Commonwealth Avenue … Continue reading
Posted in City Planning, Design, People-centric Design, Walkability
Tagged Cars, Green Spaces, Health, Indoor-Outdoor, Public Space, Traffic, Walkability
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Park Benches Where No One Sits
If the goal of the bench is socialization, safety, scenery and shelter, why do these benches face busy streets, blank walls and parking lots? Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Planning, Design, Health, People-centric Design
Tagged Architecture, City Planning, Design, Green Spaces, Health, Indoor-Outdoor, Wellness
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The Genetics of Garden Design
Architecture is not just about houses and buildings—it’s also about gardens and landscapes. In the Genetics of Design, we write about how design affects biology and how biology affects design. Well-designed spaces make people feel comfortable and safe. They mesh … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Design, Exercise, Health, People-centric Design, Walkability
Tagged Garden Design, gardens, Green Spaces, Health, Wellness
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The Joy of Modern Houses
The first time I toured a modern house, it was love at first sight. Heart racing. Pulse pounding. Face flushing. Love. Or maybe lust. Either way, once I met a house with cathedral ceilings, I never went back. Humongous windows. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Health
Tagged Architecture, Design, Health, Indoor-Outdoor, Modern, Traditional
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Drives Me Crazy
Donna called at 5pm with a last-minute request, “Can you give me a lift to Bedford? I promised to have dinner with my parents and my car’s in the shop.” “Sure” I said, not realizing that a 10-mile drive during rush … Continue reading
Posted in City Planning, Exercise, Health, Walkability
Tagged Health, Traffic, Walking
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The Genetics of Design 