Architects Launch New Science Dubbed ‘Neuro-Architecture' 5/19/03
In an effort to prove beyond scientific doubt a relationship between design and human health, well-being and worker productivity, the American Institute of Architects is embarking on an historic path that may result in a new discipline of science. Sources call it "neuro-architecture."
AIA recently announced two unprecedented research initiatives, one with the Salk Institute and the other with the U.S. General Services Administration and the National Institutes of Health. They are intended to show empirically that different physical environments affect brain activity and even change brain structure. The projects, though in their infancy, could have a major impact on how the workplace, buildings and even towns and cities are planned, designed and retrofitted, say sources.