Neuroarchitecture and Landscaping: Healing Spaces and the Potential of Sensory Gardens
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Neuroarchitecture and Landscaping: Healing Spaces and the Potential of Sensory Gardens
the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture with the goal of applying the latest in neuro and cognitive sciences to the betterment of our built environment.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Stewart Brand ties the concept of "subconscious milieu" with architecture in his book "How Buildings Learn" by emphasizing the importance of designing buildings that are responsive to the needs and experiences of the people who inhabit them. He advocates for creating environments that consider the social milieu and the sensory experiences of the oc... See more
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“I cannot say exactly how nature exerts its calming and organizing effects on our brains,” the poetic neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote in the dawning years of the twenty-first century, “but I have seen in my patients the restorative and healing powers of nature and gardens, even for those who are deeply disabled neurologically.”
Maria Popova • The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
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I cannot say exactly how nature exerts its calming and organizing effects on our brains, but I have seen in my patients the restorative and healing powers of nature and gardens, even for those who are deeply disabled neurologically. In many cases, gardens and nature are more powerful than any medication… The effects of nature’s qualities on health ... See more
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As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I take my patients to gardens whenever possible. All of us have had the experience of wandering through a lush garden or a timeless desert, walking by a river or an ocean, or climbing a mountain and finding ourselves simultaneously calmed and reinvigorated, engaged in mi... See more
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In Denver, several public housing projects have been designed as trauma-informed spaces. The Arroyo Village is one of those: a homeless shelter that also includes low-income and affordable housing for individuals and families. When the firm Shopworks Architecture designed the interiors, they considered the future residents’ mental needs and made in
... See moreIvy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
The ultimate enriched environment is nature. Nature is the most aesthetic of places, because it is our original home. Nature appears throughout this book, as an aesthetic experience that neuroaesthetic researchers have been studying, and as a way to enliven the senses through uses of color, shape, smell, pattern, touch, and sight that emulate the n
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Tye has identified seven architectural elements, what he calls the “super vitamins” of enriched environments, that help us to be healthier and more in sync with our surroundings, and several of these are pulled directly from nature: natural light, natural materials, and structures reminiscent of natural shapes. He uses evidence-based design, which
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