Biometric Architecture: Can embodied experience of built environment be measured by its biomarkers to optimize human-centric architecture?

Vurderingsartikkelen vil være ferdig i slutten av desember og sendes til et relevant vitenskapelig tidsskrift for publisering i slutten av januar 2022. Det vil være grunnlaget for flere artikler, som senere vil bli presentert for publikum. Gjennom den første PhD-høringen er den vitenskapelige eksperimentets protokoll og metode blitt godkjent. Dette eksperimentet vil bli konkludert med å pulisere flere vitenskapelige artikler. Eksperimentet er designet for å måle effekten av tilgjengelig dagslys i et innemiljø på hjernens regulering av døgnrytmer. Nye funn innen kronobiologi og nevrovitenskap peker på lysmiljøet som en av de mest sentrale faktorene for vår fysiologiske og mentale helse. Selv om det finnes en rekke laboratoriebaserte vitenskapelige eksperimenter som studerer lysets innvirkning på reguleringen av døgnrytmer, er det en kunnskapsmangel når det gjelder lysets påvirkning i det bygde miljøet. Dette eksperimentet er utformet for å studere lignende problem i situasjoner med deltakere i deres daglige liv i det bygde miljø. Forskningshypotesen og resultatet av vurderingene ble presentert på "The 2021 ANFA Symposium" ved Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture i september. Funnene fra dette eksperimentet vil bli videre presentert ved andre relevante symposier i fremtiden.

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The hypothesis is that the built environment effects on human behavior, health and experience are measurable and what we can learn can: save lives, revolutionize the nature of the architectural knowledge and the design process, the economy of design and construction, and architecture itself. Architects have long been operating on the assumption that the designed environment, at least to some extent, shapes our behavior and our understanding of the world around us. The question is how does the designed environment shape us? What is the scientific evidence of this environmental effect, if any? And ultimately what are the variables that can be controlled by architects and designers in order to achieve optimum environments for varied human activities. Architecture, regardless of its quality, affects people. Enriching environments enhance our lives and poor ones hinder us in ways known and unknown. In the developed world, we live about 93% of our lives in and about the built environment and must be aware of its influence on our behavioral and biological health. What is the scientific evidence of this environmental effect, if any? And ultimately what are the variables that can be controlled by architects and designers in order to achieve optimum environments for varied human activities. when it comes to how architecture supports or influences the lives, behavior and health of the people, there is little scientific knowledge to inform the basic approach to the design process. The conceptual projections and performance objectives regarding human habitation can be tested during the design process and before the costly constructions to ensure economy and aptness. This Phd course focuses on the effect of light and lighting in the built environments on the brain’s regulation of circadian rhythms, mental and physiological acuity. This is perhaps most critical as the disruption of the circadian rhythms are associated with many life-threatening and chronic diseases.