| View Larger Image | Brain Landscape The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture | Hardcoverby John P. Eberhard (Editor)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 280 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 16, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 596,032th |
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Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture is the first book to serve as an intellectual bridge between architectural practice and neuroscience research. John P. Eberhard, founding President of the non-profit Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, argues that increased funding, and the ability to think beyond the norm, will lead to a better understanding of how scientific research can change how we design, illuminate, and build spaces. Inversely, he posits that by better understanding the effects that buildings and places have on us, and our mental state, the better we may be able to understand how the human brain works. This book is devoted to describing architectural design criteria for schools, offices, laboratories, memorials, churches, and facilities for the aging, and then posing hypotheses about human experiences in such settings. |
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Neuroscience a Must for Architects by Alan Schwartzman (Paris, France)  5 Stars
March 23, 2009
For too long, architects have been guided by experience or intuition in designing shelters for man's activities. This book stresses the need for architects to understand how humans perceive space, color, texture, in the design of buildings. In understanding how the brain processes information through the senses, building design can respond more effectively in achieving the goals set by their clients for the users. Eberhard urges architects to collaborate with neuroscientists to realize human potential and he introfduces neuroscientists to architecture and the mission of the architect. He accomplishes this with explanations which both professions can follow and with well-placed illustrations. I wish there were more of his drawings in the book.
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