INQUIRY BY DESIGN Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning

• Main Author: Zeisel, John (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Norton & Company 2006
• Subjects: Environmental psychology > Research; Architectural design > Psychological aspects; Environment Design; Behavior; Research > methods; Brain > physiology
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• Physical Description: 400 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-392) and index
• ISBN: 0393731847; 9780393731842

Illustrated evidence-based building and open space case studies demonstrate E-B's continuing design impact. Fundamental theory and practical research methods are presented for planning, programming, designing, and evaluating the effects of physical environments in use. Part I describes how designers and researchers employ a similar creative process that promotes collaboration and yields greater design creativity and research effectiveness. Part II focuses on research methods to understand how buildings and spaces work: observing behavior and the physical environment, asking questions in interviews and surveys, and employing archival records that include data and physical plans.