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Applying the insights of neuroscience to architecture has the
potential to deliver buildings and spaces that measurably promote
well-being and create healthier or more effective environments for
specific activities. There is, however, a risk that
neuroarchitecture will become just another buzzword, a passing
architectural fashion or a marketing exercise just as 'eco',
'green' and 'sustainable' have become. This issue of AD offers the
reader an alternative to 'neuro' sound-bites and exposes them to
the thinking which led to the design of the Sainsbury Wellcome
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (SWC), a pioneering
medical research facility designed to foster collaboration between
researchers. Multi award winning, the SWC was one of the first
buildings in the world designed to take into account what has been
learned about how the work space affects behaviour and is a highly
effective building in which to work. Readers will gain a richer,
deeper insight into the complex mental and existential aspects of
architecture, design, and our many senses, how they interact and
might interact in the future, and how that knowledge can be used to
design more effective buildings and built environments.
Given the rapid evolution of concepts such as smart cities, who are
the architects riding the wave of new possibilities for urban
design? How do contemporary agencies find pathways to understand
the challenges and opportunities presented by evolving urban
technology, and how does architecture engage with the expanding
pool of associated disciplines? How should schools of architecture
and urban design engage with radical digitalised urbanism? This
issue of AD claims that this is contested territory. The
two-dimensionality of planners' urban construct is as limited as
engineers' predilection to zero-in and solve problems. Urban
Futures contends that society needs a much broader professional
brush than has been applied in the past: interdisciplinary urban
design professionals who can reach across the philosophy and
mundanity of urban existence with a creative eye. The issue
identifies a selection of internally resourceful visionaries who
combine sociology, geography, logistics and systems theory with the
practical realities and challenges of mobility, sustainable
materials, food, water and energy supply, and waste disposal.
Crucially, they seek to ensure better urban futures, and a civil
and convivial urban experience for all city dwellers. Contributors:
Refik Anadol, Philip Belesky, Shajay Bhooshan, Jane Burry and
Marcus White, Thomas Daniell, Vicente Guallart, Shan He, Wanyu He,
Dan Hill, Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan, Areti Markopoulou, Ed
Parham, Carlo Ratti, Ferran Sagarra, and Bige Tuncer. Featured
architects: Arup Digital Studio, Guallart Architects, Space10,
Space Syntax, UNStudio, and XKool Technology.
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