Cognitive Biases in Design. The Case of Tropical Architecture

摘要

This dissertation investigates, (i) How cognitive biases (or illusions) may leadto errors in design thinking, (ii) Why architects use architectural precedents as heuristics despite such possible errors, and (iii) Develops a design tool that can overcome this type of errors through the introduction of a rebuttal mechanism. The mechanism controls biases and improve accuracy in architectural thinking.