Michael A. Arbib - When Brains Meet Buildings

For couple of decades there has been an attraction between neuroscience and architecture. However, the real interactions between the two disciplines have rarely been presented or discussed. Due to the internal complexities of architecture and its dialogical relation with life, the largely preconscious and embodied intuitions of the creative mind tend to escape scientific definition. Michael Arbibs exceptionally wide scientific background, combined with his deep interest in the arts and architecture, makes him well equipped to cross this gap. His current book is a devoted study of the neural basis of architecture and the applicability of this knowledge in the design of buildings, especially intelligent buildings, which are deliberately conceived as extensions of our neural capacities.

Juhani Pallasmaa , Architect HonSAFA, HonFAIA, IntFRIBA, Academician, International Academy of Architecture, Professor emeritus, Aalto University, Helsinki

This book is one of the most valuable contributions, from a neuroscientific perspective, of the interplay between the architectural environment and human beings.

Davide Ruzzon , Architect, Director and Founder of Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design,NAAD Postgraduate Course, at the University Iuav Venice and POLI Design Milan

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Arbib, Michael A., author.

Title: When brains meet buildings : a conversation between neuroscience

and architecture / Michael A. Arbib.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021015055 (print) | LCCN 2021015056 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780190060954 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190060978 (epub) |

ISBN 9780190060985 (online)

Subjects: MESH: Brainphysiology | Mental Processesphysiology |

Architecture | Cognitive Neuroscience | Environment | Adaptation, Physiological

Classification: LCC QP356 (print) | LCC QP356 (ebook) |

NLM WL 337 | DDC 612.8/2dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021015055

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021015056

DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190060954.001.0001

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