Design of Healthy Spaces: Wellness and Comfort
What is Neuroarchitecture?
A course by Ana García López , Architect and Interior Designer
About the video: What is Neuroarchitecture?
Overview
“Neuroarchitecture is the relationship or dialogue that is established between our mind and the spaces that surround us. It has been known and studied for decades that the environment influences our emotions and our cognitive capacity. However, in recent years research is being carried out that accurately evaluates and quantifies the data thanks to neurosensors.”
In this video lesson Ana García López addresses the topic: What is Neuroarchitecture?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design of Healthy Spaces: Wellness and Comfort. Learn how to improve the quality of life a new space provides for its inhabitants through simplicity, coherence, and environmental responsibility.
Partial transcription of the video
“Neuroarchitecture The first building considered neuroarchitecture It was built in San Diego by architect Louis Kahn. It's the Salk Institute and it was commissioned by the researcher after a trip he made to Italy. It is a curious story, because after being for a long time researching to find a cure for polio, working in a basement with poor lighting and ventilation conditions, He decided to drop everything and go on a trip. It turns out that while he was in the convent of San Francisco de Asís, surrounded by that vegetation and that fantastic cloister, he found that he was feeling much more...”
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Course summary for: Design of Healthy Spaces: Wellness and Comfort
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Interior Architecture, Interior Decoration, Interior Design, Spatial Design

Ana García López
A course by Ana García López
Ana García is the director of NeuronaLab, architecture studio and healthy space consultancy. After cofounding Nook Architects, where she has also managed projects for over ten years, as well as creating the Zamness coworking spaces, she is beginning a new professional chapter in which her projects will be based on neuroarchitecture and bioconstruction.
Ana is a Barcelona-born architect who specializes in designing spaces built for both living and working. She adapts each of her projects to the characteristics of the space in question, reassessing their role according to the needs of the inhabitants to achieve healthy spaces centered around well-being and comfort. Her work goes hand in hand with teaching and she currently directs a Master's in interior urban spaces at the LCI Barcelona.
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