EMBODIMENT, VARELA, NLP, GURDJIEFF & PHENOMENOLOGY (R13+)


Neuroscience and Architecture Anna-Maija Tuunanen wrote a paper on Neurophenomenological Approaches to Embodiment in Architecture. In the context of the 6th Annual Architecture Research Symposium (‘Designing & Planning the Built Environment for Human Well-Being’) 2014 her aim was to alert fellow architects to the relevance of neuroscience to architecture. Her main point was that, because […]

THE THINKING SELF (R6)


So you want to be able to think in a different way? My experience of working with groups suggests that starting to do that can often prove to be a bit of a shock to the system: creased foreheads, eyes looking up to heaven, a shrug of the shoulders… I suggest that the first choice […]