Verso le neuroscienze del processo progettuale Michael Arbib USC Viterbi School of Engineering, United States This is a section of La mente in architettura (DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-286-7) by Sarah Robinson, Juhani Pallasmaa, Matteo Zambelli Firenze University Press Firenze 2021 https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-286-7.06

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Introduces some key notions of cognitive (neuro)science including mirror neurons and perceptual and motor schemas. Much important processing may be subconscious. Af-fordances link multi-modal perception and action. Three linkages of architecture and neuroscience are noted: neuroscience of experience; neuroscience of design; and neuro-morphic architecture, “brains” for buildings. Examples are offered from Zumthor’s Therme at Vals (linking memory and imagination) and a case study of group creativity in choreography (illustrating four-dimensional planning).

 cognitive (neuro)science; mirror neurons; perceptual and motor schemas; neuromorphic architecture; memory and imagination.

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