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Evidence Based Design & Neuroarchitecture

Evidence Based Design Approach to Neuroarchitecture

A modern, multi-level office space features open balconies with turquoise railings, a glass ceiling depicting a blue sky, greenery on the walls, and wooden steps leading to various seating areas filled with plants and people working or walking throughout.

Evidence Based Design Approach to Neuroarchitecture

TODAY’S DESIGN principles are informed by the conclusions of scientific studies as well as evidence-based design principles and will continue to evolve. This constant progress will enable designed spaces to better serve the occupants of these built environments.

In-depth studies on human interaction with and stimuli from designed spaces help us understand a deeper level of human emotional response and how to channel good design to limit negative stimuli and amplify positive stimuli.

Multiple studies in neuroscience performed by universities including UPenn, the University of Milan, and others reference three main factors that trigger positive neurological responses to the designed space:

Coherence: The degree of organization of a space, its orderliness. How easily we visually and mentally process a setting and its components.

Fascination: The curiosity the space arouses. A setting’s composition, complexity, interest, or wow factor.

Hominess: How a setting suggests comfort, security and belonging that reminds us of our welcoming home environments.

By understanding these factors and how humans respond to visual and spatial stimuli in settings, we can better grasp the manipulation of these dimensions in architectural interiors.

A modern office space features a long communal table with four people engaging in discussion and using laptops, surrounded by colorful abstract wall art and vertical greenery, with a circular green seating area and a black-and-white striped chair nearby.
A person walks along a pathway in a modern indoor space featuring a curved wooden structure, vibrant green wall plants, and white planters with foliage, against a backdrop of textured greenery.

Garden on the Wall® can help designers create unforgettable spaces through our biophilic preserved garden installations, whether as standalone pieces or fully integrated, organic installations.

Garden on the Wall® installations can help designers transform a space that elevates occupant mood and behavioral health by providing unrivaled contribution to each of the coherence, fascination, and hominess categories.

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