Where were you today? In which buildings, streets, squares, or courtyards did you wander? We spend all of our lives indoors or outdoors. We take shelter in a shell due…
Imagine yourself strolling through the streets to the local grocery store. Envisage the thought that went into planning the spaces, streets, and elements as you travel by to maximize efficiency.…
Human beings are social animals who live in constructed environments. Over centuries these environments have changed and are molded to adapt to the evolution of human needs. Our built environments…
It would seem that for a building or space to be memorable, beyond plastic and aesthetic elements of sophisticated argumentative complexity, our associations stand out for how we experience spaces…
Environmental psychology is an interdisciplinary field that studies how people interact with their surroundings. It looks at how our natural and built environments shape us as individuals. Environmental psychology is…
In 1984 a fresh way to share ideas emerged, through videos with a maximum length of 18 minutes. These videos commonly called TED talks have a clear mission; to spread…
When the unbuilt and the built are wrapped together in a blanket of sensitive landscaping, there is a sense of serenity spread throughout space, the importance of which is essential…
Paul Goldberger is an American architecture critic best known for his ‘Skyline’ column in The New York Times, for which he earned the Pulitzer Prize. Why Architecture Matters is one…
The architecture of rehabilitation environments is typically “expert” driven, with little regard for the perceptions of service users, particularly patients and informal caregivers. Hence there is a need to partake…
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” – Le Corbusier Ever since the appearance of large societies and the creation of advanced tools,…
Architecture is defined as the ‘third skin’ of humans (after the skin and the clothes). The architectural environment, where the major life activities take place, has a dominant and permanent…
Architecture has been a dynamic catalyst for change for many years, and its impact has resulted in a shift in individuals’ beliefs. By transforming our experiences, architecture takes us on…