Brain landscape : the coexistence of neuroscience and architecture / / John Paul Eberhard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813886003321
• Autore: Eberhard John P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-19-045026-6; 0-19-971584-X; 1-281-93090-3; 9786611930905
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetti: Neurosciences; Architecture; Space perception - Physiological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Three approaches to consciousness -- Neuroscience and the design of educational places -- Vision and light in architectural settings -- Memorials, sacred places, and memory -- Memory of places and spaces and the design of facilities for the aging -- Systems neuroscience and building systems applied to workplace design -- Methods and models for future research.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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