Cognitive architecture : designing for how we respond to the built environment / Ann Sussman and Justin B. Hollander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sussman, Ann, author.

Hollander, Justin B., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Space perception--Physiological aspects.

Space perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 227 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Ann Sussman is a registered architect, researcher, and college instructor. She co-edited (with Justin B.Hollander) the book Urban Experience and Design: Contemporary Perspectives on Improving the Public Realm. Keen on bridging the arts and science, she blogs at GeneticsofDesign.com. She currently teaches a new course on perception and the human experience of place, 'Architecture & Cognition,' at the Boston Architectural College (BAC). In 2020, she co-founded and became president of the nonprofit The Human Architecture + Planning Institute, Inc. (theHapi.org). Justin B. Hollander is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. His research and teaching is in the areas of physical planning, big data, shrinking cities, and the intersection between cognitive science and the design of cities. He is the author of six other books on urban planning and design and the co-editor (with Ann Sussman) of Urban Experience and Design: Contemporary Perspectives on Improving the Public Realm. He was recently inducted as a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and hosts the Apple podcast 'Cognitive Urbanism.'

Contents:

New Foundation: Darwin, Biology, and Cognitive Science

Edges Matter: Thigmotaxis (the 'Wall-hugging' Trait)

Patterns Matter: Faces and Spaces

Shapes Carry Weight: Bilateral Symmetry, (Hierarchy), Curves, and Complexity

Storytelling is Key: We're Wired for Narrative

Nature is our Context: Biophilia and Biophilic Design

Buildings, Biology and Biometrics: Collecting Empirical Data for Evidence-Based Design

The 21st-Century Paradigm Shift in Biology and Psychology Reframes Architectures and Its History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 21, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Other Format:

Print version: Sussman, Ann. Cognitive architecture.

ISBN:

9781003031543

1003031544

9781315856964

1315856964

9781000403077

1000403076

9781000403046

1000403041

Publisher Number:

99988644270

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.