Dr. Nikos A. Salingaros discusses the most recent developments applying neuroscience and visual diagnostics to inform design. Topics covered include: fractals, eye-tracking tools, visual attention scanning software, biophilia and the biophilic healing index, ornament and its implications for developing childrens' intelligence, and other crucial topics. We can now predict positive (or negative) healing effects that spaces and structures may have on users. Those are due to certain geometrical features of the built environment, which can be estimated before something is built. Anticipating people’s biological and unconscious responses to a new building or urban space is a radically new tool that links design to public health.
Monotonous repetition fails to create visual coherence, but instead splinters the subliminal image of a building façade.
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"Pushing and Pulling, Part 2." In Practical Tools for Traditional Design: A series of essays based on the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2023.
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"Pushing and Pulling, Part 1." In Practical Tools for Traditional Design: A series of essays based on the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2023.
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"Universal Distribution." In Practical Tools for Traditional Design: A series of essays based on the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2023.
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"Universal Scaling." In Practical Tools for Traditional Design: A series of essays based on the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2023.
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Practical Tools for Traditional Design: A series of essays based on the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2023.