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MOVING BOUNDARIES: HUMAN SCIENCES AND THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE

4th Edition of Moving Boundaries in Sweden and Finland August 12-24, 2024

Join this 2-week course and conference with 20 world-renowned experts, including faculty from ANFA, in dialogue at the interface of Cognitive Science, Environmental Psychology, Biology, Architecture and Lighting Design. Lectures, workshops, debates, architecture tours, networking sessions and dinners. Experience work by Aalto, Pallasmaa, Lewerenz, and more. Scholarships are available. Apply by November 5.

PROGRAM FLYER:  https://pp.events/movingboundariesnordic   

 MB courses fill up fast and there are 60 spots open now.

We welcome and invite practicing architects, interior designers, lighting designers, environmental psychologists, sociologists, researchers, health professionals, deans and professors, scientists, urban planners, architectural historians and theorists, educators, and graduate students in these disciplines, to apply to MB Nordic X this October.

Read full course description and faculty roster under the application form link on our website:

 

Moving Boundaries Nordic X – Design for Health and Wellbeing

2-Week Interdisciplinary Course/Conference in Neuroscience, Cognitive Science and Environmental Psychology Applied to Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting Design. Learn from architects and scientists: 20 globally recognized experts in neuroscience, biology, psychology, architecture and design will teach in person. The 2-week course in Stockholm and Helsinki includes lectures, masterclasses, workshops, social events and tours of work by Alvar Aalto, Juhani Pallasmaa, Sigurd Lewerentz, Gunnar Asplund and Juha Leiviska. Experience beautiful Nordic landscapes, design, music and cuisine.

Our Winter 2023 course in Italy has been full for a few months.

 

See what an MB course is like  www.mb2023.org

Testimonials: https://www.mb2023.org/testimonials

Mission Statement: https://www.mb2023.org/missionstatement-italy

 

APPLY NOW for MB Nordic X: NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 28

Topic Week 1: ECOLOGIES OF LIGHT IN SPACE

Topic Week 2: INTERWEAVING THE SENSES IN DESIGN

 

Sub-Topics covered: Multisensory perception in architecture and design; perception and behaviour; dynamic experience; architectural atmospheres and mood; daylight; emotional, material and haptic qualities of light and colour; circadian rhythms; ecology and restorative environments. Lectures are presented in a dialogical format by architects, scientists, and biologists.

 

Earlier Event: November 4
ARE Study Group Sessions
Later Event: November 8
Regional Design Advisory Council Monthly Meeting
 
 
 

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