Editorial

摘要

A research field gaining increasing interest in recent years is the relationship between architecture and neuroscience. As different as these two fields may seem, Moustaka et al. (2012) argue that they share significant common ground. Architecture has traditionally been a bipolar discipline. On the one hand, the architect has to be a good engineer, designing sound buildings with comfortable conditions but on the other hand, is expected to produce interesting and aesthetically pleasing results. While he can scientifically justify the part of his work that deals with structure mechanics, or functionality, he may be unable to reason the way a building is perceived as that deals with a brain process that is difficult to quantify.