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Neuroscience for Architecture: How Building Design Can Influence Behaviors and Performance
Author(s)
Andréa de Paiva
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2018.02.007
Affiliation(s)
Fundação Getulio Vargas, FGV, Institute for Educational Development, São Paulo 01310-100, Brazil
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent findings in neuroscience
that can be useful to architecture. Knowing the working patterns of the brain
and how space affects cerebral functions can help architects design buildings
that improve the user’s behavior, performance and well-being. The built
environment has a direct impact on the human brain. Social relations, focus,
cognition, creativity, memory and well-being can be influenced by the surrounding
physical space. Although it is not possible to create the perfect room, the
space can be used in a strategic way, depending on the task that individuals
are supposed to do there and depending on the people (age, gender, culture) who
will make use of the space. Schools can be designed in a way to improve
cognition, learning and memorization; hospital buildings can help improving
recovery; workspaces can improve performance, creativity and collaboration.
Above all, all spaces of long occupation should be designed in a way to improve
well-being. How can architecture change automatic behaviors and nudge people to
behave in a healthier way? Can architects create buildings and cities that
improve socialization and happiness? Can criminality levels drop due to changes
on the way the environments are designed? These are some of the questions that
will be discussed in this paper.
KEYWORDS
Architecture, brain, neuroarchitecture, neuroscience, behavior, performance, well-being, design.
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