Neuroarchitecture

Architectural spaces are anchors for our  memory. We find our place in the room by means of our sensory  perception; the brain makes use of surfaces and spatial systems in order  to organize the world we live in. Taking this principle as a given,  this volume tracks what happens when the results of recent  neuroscientific research are applied to architectural practice.

In this volume, architectural theorist  Christoph Metzger analyzes buildings designed by Alvar Aalto, Sou  Fujimoto, Hugo Häring, Philip Johnson, Hermann Muthesius, Juhani  Pallasmaa, James Stirling, Frank Lloyd Wright and Peter Zumthor in order  to develop criteria for a modern, human-focused architecture that  builds on neuroscientific knowledge. Neuroarchitecture links  neuroscience, perception theory and Gestalt psychology, as well as  music, art and architecture, in a holistic approach that focuses on the  laws of structure formation and the movement of the individual within  architectural space.