Psychology Of Architecture

A Report on Psychology & Architecture By W. Bro. Victor G. Popow, Dec 2000. V1 Given my long affiliation as a modern speculative Freemason, my interest in computer computer architecture and my previous study of psychology I composed a paper on the psychology of architecture. I necessityed to throttle my study to prowessificial structures and their possible impact on adult male behaviour. To begin with I asked myself do humans have an unlearned ability to perceive patterns in artificial forms? Is the human embody physically wired to recognize the subtleties of patterns or proportions in art or architecture? What might these patterns be? If good deal do indeed react to the subtleties of structure would this explain why people react emotionally or spiritually given their spellbind into Medieval Chartres Cathedral, France? Why would people either like or dislike the ultramodern gleaming new Guggenhiem Museum in Bilbao, Spain? I am inclined to believe that the human body is biologically predisposed to recognizing design and structure either consciously or unconsciously and that a variety of criteria may be at work influencing us when we find ourselves living, working or playing within the urban environment.



Upon investigation I soon nominate that the study of psychology and architecture is a broad and divers(prenominal) one including many different fields- mathematics, aesthetics, philosophy, different branches of psychology- environmental, gestalt or social, physics, and naturally, architecture to name just a few. I began to explore the comparatively new field of environmental psychology that at early I considered superficial. But upon closer examination the physical and behavioural effects between people and their physical environments became quite interlinking when elements of light and colour (shade or tint, warm or cool), metric grain (materials and surfaces), acoustical characteristics (noise) are taken into account. Ultimately, Light is the most rough-and-ready element in creating a sense of mystery and awe, and the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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