Main entry:

Metzger, Christoph, 1962- author.

Title & Author:

Neuroarchitecture / Christoph Metzger ; [translated from German by Rae Walter in association with First Edition Translations Ltd, Cambridge, UK].

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2018]

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), music, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Architecture : Madeleine Region: neural paths ; Architecture as a system of memory ; Return and security ; The central plan versus the longitudinal plan ; Anthropological requirements of architecture -- Organic and anthropological architecture : The roof as image and dogma ; Urban landscapes ; Tree cathedrals and city landscapes ; Expressionist forms ; Jugendstil and organic architecture ; Landscape and ecosystems ; Rudolf steiner in context ; Organic Architecture: dogma of reception ; Holistic architecture ; Anthropology as relaunch -- Mobility : Body and distance ; Movement as a necessity ; Quality of movement ; Movement and dignity ; Enclosure and hermits ; Body consciousness -- Neuromusicology: neuroarchitecture : Music as experience of movement ; Imagined compositions ; Compositions and abstract structures ; Body, space, experience ; Reduction and structure ; Limits of musical understanding ; Movement, structure, surface ; Stockhausen, Feldman, Ligeti ; Neuroscientific overlaps -- Home : House, community, identity ; Ethics of living ; Security, grasping ; The tent-shape as archetype ; Sheltering places ; Return, fulfillment, departure ; Home as structure: corners of the house ; Sensory cycles: Seasons, aromas -- Potentials of neuroarchitecture : Basic principles of neuroarchitecture ; Neuroarchitecture and behavioral changes ; Stimulations in functional contexts ; Neurosecientific spatial concepts ; Cognition of the body: patterns ; Hands: understanding beyond language ; Neuroarchitecture versus cognitive impairment ; Potentials of neuroarchitecture ; Structuring as an anthropological task ; Open questions and outlook ; Conclusion.

Summary:

"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 store and organize the world we live in. The understanding of this principle forms the basis for the transfer of the results of recent neuroscientific research to architectural practice, as discussed in this book. Neuroarchitecture links neuroscience, perception theory, and Gestalt psychology, as well as music, art, and architecture, into a holistic approach that focuses on the laws of structure formation and the movement of the individual within the architectural space. Christoph Metzger, the author of Building for Dementia and Architecture and Resonance, analyses buildings designed by Alvar Aalto, Sou Fujimoto, Hugo Häring, Philip Johnson, Hermann Muthesius, Juhani Pallasmaa, James Stirling, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Peter Zumthor in the context of the Amsterdam School of Architecture and their criticism of functionalism in order to develop bases and criteria for a modern, people-related architecture that is indebted to neuroscientific knowledge"--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9783868594799 (English edition ; paperback)
3868594795 (English edition ; paperback)

Subject:

Neurosciences in architecture.
Architecture Psychological aspects.
Architecture Human factors.
Neurosciences en architecture.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
ARCHITECTURE General.
Architektur
Gesundheit

Added entries:

Walter, Rae, translator.
First Edition Translations Ltd., translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302028
Call No.: BIB 248248
Status: Available