Resources recommended by community members
Mind in Architecture
Robinson, Sarah and Juhani Pallasmaa. 2015
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Architecture and Neuroscience
Pallasmaa, Juhani, Harry Francis Mallgrave, and Michael A. Arbib. 2013
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Architecture and Empathy
Gallese, Vittorio, Juhani Pallasmaa, Harry F. Mallgrave, and Sarah Robinson. 2013
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When Brains Meet Buildings
Arbib, Michael A. 2021
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Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture
J.P. Eberhard. 2008
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Inquiry by Design: Environment / Behavior / Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape and Planning
J. Zeisel. 2006
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The Architect’s Brain: Neurosicence, Creativity and Architecture
Mallgrave, Harry F. 2009
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Architecture and Embodiment: The Implications of the New Sciences and Humanities for Design
Mallgrave, Harry Francis. 2013
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El Error de Descartes
Damasio, Antonio. 1996
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The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
Damasio, Antonio. 2018
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The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason
Johnson, Mark. 1987
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Metaphors We Live By
Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980
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Neuroarquitectura, Aprendiendo a Través del Espacio
Mombiedro, Ana. 2022
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The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Blakeslee, Sandra, and Matthew Blakeslee. 2007
Books
John P. Eberhard: Aesthetics and the Brain
Presentation at ANFA
Videos
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
Biannual conference and seminars
Organizations
Chatterjee: Neuroaesthetics of architectural spaces
Lecture
Videos
Cognitive Architecture: Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment
Sussman, Ann, and Justin B. Hollander. 2021
Books
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Magsamen, Susan, and Ivy Ross. 2023
Books
3M VAS
Eye-tracking simulation plug in
Tools
International Arts + Mind Lab
Research-to-practice organization
Organizations
Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life
Ellard, Colin. 2015
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Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives.
Goldhagen, Sarah Williams. 2017
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Phenomenological Psychology
Straus, Erwin W. 1966
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House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home
Marcus, Clare Cooper. 1995
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Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Wellbeing
Sternberg, Esther M. 2010
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A Home for the Soul: A Guide for Dwelling with Spirit and Imagination
Lawlor, Anthony. 1997
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Alexander, Christopher, Murray Silverstein, and Sara Ishikawa. 1977
Books
Robert Condia: On mood and Aesthetic Experience in Architecture
Presentation at ANFA
Videos
Atlas of emotions
Educational digital tool
Tools
Thomas Heatherwick: The rising of boring architecture, and the case for radically human buildings
TED Talk
Videos
Space Syntax
Space analysis software
Tools
Recharge rooms
Studio Elsewhere
Ideas
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
Gosling, Sam. 2008
Books
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
Pallasmaa, Juhani. 1996
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Architecture and Atmosphere
Pallasmaa, Juhani, Gernot Böhme, Tonino Griffero, and Jean-Paul Thibaud. 2014
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Experiencing Architecture
Rasmussen, Steen Eiler. 1957
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Survival Through Design
Neutra, Richard Joseph. 1954
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La Habitación Vacante
Navarro Baldeweg, Juan. 1999
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Selected Writings
Kiesler, Frederick J. 1996
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Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture
Holl, Steven, Juhani Pallasmaa and Alberto Pérez Gómez. 1994
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Thinking architecture
Zumthor, Peter. 2017
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Parallax
Holl, Steven. 2012
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Esencias
Pallasmaa, Juhani. 2018
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Habitar
Pallasmaa, Juhani. 2016
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Tocando el mundo
Pallasmaa, Juhani. 2021
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The Architecture of Happiness
De Botton, Alain. 2006
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Phénoménologie de la perception
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. 1945
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The Perception of Environment
Ingold, Tim. 2000
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The Hidden dimension
Hall, Edward T. 1966
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The Silent Language
Hall, Edward T. 1973
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Body, Memory and Architecture
Bloomer, Kent, and Charles Moore. 1977
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La arqutiectura de los sentidos. Una propuesta para habitar poéticamente
Martínez, Claudi. 2021
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Meteorología de Los Sentimientos
Rahm, Philippe. 2022
Books
Isabella Pasquallini: How do you «feel» architecture?
Presentation at ANFA
Videos
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
Pollan, Michael. 1997
Books
A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans
Uexküll von, Jakob. 2010
Books
Where Children Sleep
Mollison, James. 2010
Books
Design the Future Podcast
Podcast about the future of the built environment told by women
Podcasts
Habitáculo
Podcast about architecture and people
Podcasts
Venetian Letter
Blog
Blogs
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