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Buildings With Brain Power: Library Architecture In Neural Terms., Hannah Bennett
Buildings With Brain Power: Library Architecture In Neural Terms., Hannah Bennett
Hannah Bennett
The connection between neuroscience and the built environment is a fairly new interdisciplinary field and one in which both fields, in their respective pursuits, have worked to understand the relationship between design choices, human behavior, and biological processes. Taken together and applied in tandem, these two activities have potential to vastly improve the effectiveness of buildings designed with the healthcare facilities, laboratories, or elementary schools, all of which share objectives of healing and intellectual cultivation. This paper will extend the dialogue to library design, perhaps the most representationally loaded expression of “mental space.” The library has seen profound changes in …
Form And Meaning: The Conventionalization Of The Leaf Ornament, Kresten Jespersen
Form And Meaning: The Conventionalization Of The Leaf Ornament, Kresten Jespersen
Kresten Jespersen
As did Owen Jones, Bloomer argues for a modern style of ornament to decorate a modern architecture. Based on formal laws rather than theories of classical or naturalistic imitation, conventionalization can be seen as being explicitly modern. Moreover, deriving from the work of ornament, these laws are dependent on intrinsic rather than extrinsic principles.