Design Observer :: Join the Discussion http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/ en-us Design Observer Group 2011-04-07T20:45:53-05:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 B Dov http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/#comments 2011-04-07T20:45:53-05:00 When we stop continually looking in our rear view mirrors perhaps we can forge a new dynamic in Architecture.]]> E. "Manny" Abraben AIA RIBA Architect http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/#comments 2010-08-05T16:36:55-05:00 Instead, his structures seem dictatorially derived from his desires, not his clients. This is not the sort of touchy-feely "let everyone have their input" method that drives modern development and results in so much mediocrity.
Like abysmal modern car design architecture may just have to wait for that brief intersection of consumer desire and creative impulses. Consumers seem so visually illiterate that it seems unlikely that they will sensitize to the more subtle spatial literacy any time soon.]]> Doug C. http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/#comments 2010-08-01T11:30:26-05:00 Mattie http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/#comments 2010-07-29T10:40:33-05:00
We all agree that there is something to well-designed spaces. The fields of health are discovering that natural spaces can be literally good for humans (e.g., work on nature parks and immune function*), and we know well the inspiration of a good public designed space (watch the kids run in delight!). In psychology we can now measure many of these phenomena -- things such as delight, and effects of surroundings on creativity. This type of work is needed now, because the forces that have driven so much of our built environment (summarized as greed?) have not served humanity well. What can serve humanity well is understanding humans and using the human response as a gauge for what is right.

Tom Sanocki
(Professor of Psychology and Visual Cognition,
http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~sanocki/home.htm)

*see, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/health/06real.html]]> Tom Sanocki http://places.designobserver.com/feature/spatial-intelligence-new-futures-for-architecture/13988/#comments 2010-07-29T09:57:41-05:00