The Science of Beauty in Architecture

Beauty is commonly thought of as impenetrable to analysis. Recent advances in neuroscience, including the development of a new sub-specialty, neuroaesthetics, reveals insights that can help architects understand how people respond aesthetically to what is built.

Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:

• Outline neuroaesthetic principles and explain how each affects stress, attention, or comfort, noting one HSW implication per principle.
• Analyze a space to identify visual stressors and propose evidence-based design interventions that can measurably reduce cognitive load.
• Define and evaluate health improvements that accompany making beautiful architectural environments.
• Connect underlying benefits that beauty can contribute to measurable improvements in the psychological state of occupants and the public, documenting how each can land pragmatically in architectural practice.

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered via webinar or face-to-face presentation. Available sessions shown below.

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