Sensory design
Explores the nature of our responses to spatial constructs, from various sorts of buildings to gardens and outdoor spaces, to constructions of fantasy. To the degree that this response can be calculated, it can serve as a typology for the design of significant spaces, one that would sharply contrast with the Cartesian model that dominates architecture today. In developing this typology, the authors consult the environmental sciences, anthropology, psychology, and architectural theory, as well as the spatial analysis found in literary depiction. Finally, they examine the opportunities that CAVE and other immersive virtual reality technologies present in furthering a new, sensory-oriented design paradigm. The result is a new philosophy of design that both celebrates our sensuous occupation of the built environment and creates more humane design. [publisher web site]
Print Book, English, 2004
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2004
xiii, 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
9780816639595, 9780816639601, 0816639590, 0816639604
52902651
Spatial constructs
The mind's eye
Sensory response
The meaning of meaning
The talking spring
There ... and back
Sensory cues
No mere ornament
Objects of our lives
The light fantastic
Sensory schematics
Getting somewhere