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

By: Sussman, Ann [author.].
Contributor(s): Hollander, Justin B [author.].
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2015Description: xviii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415724692 .Subject(s): Architecture -- Psychological aspects | Space perception -- Physiological aspects | ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation | ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials | PSYCHOLOGY / GeneralGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
A New Foundation : Darwin, Biology and Cognitive Science -- Edges Matter : Thigmotaxis ('wall-hugging') -- 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 -- Appendix : More on the Morphology and Function of the Human Brain.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-187) and index.

A New Foundation : Darwin, Biology and Cognitive Science -- Edges Matter : Thigmotaxis ('wall-hugging') -- 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 -- Appendix : More on the Morphology and Function of the Human Brain.

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