Senses of place: architectural design for the multisensory mind

• Published in: Cognitive research: principles and implications Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 46 - 26
• Main Author: Spence, Charles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 18.09.2020; Springer; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Architecture; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Building Design; Built Environment; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Psychology; Crossmodal correspondences; Experimental Psychology; Humans; Multisensory perception; Neurosciences; Perception; Perception - physiology; Psychology; Review; Review Article; Sensory Experience; Sensory Integration; The senses; The senses; Multisensory perception; Architecture; Crossmodal correspondences

Traditionally, architectural practice has been dominated by the eye/sight. In recent decades, though, architects and designers have increasingly started to consider the other senses, namely sound, touch (including proprioception, kinesthesis, and the vestibular sense), smell, and on rare occasions,...