Conscious Dwelling: For Transdisciplinary Cityscapes

This book explores the complex urban dimension, focusing on increasing density, soil consumption, abandoned places, and the recent pandemic. It aims to inspire design research that overcomes a paradoxical binary logic and improves places' liveability. The first part explores built spaces, the second part deals with aesthetic spaces, and the third part examines relational spaces and how they influence human behavior. The book benefits scholars and practitioners interested in interior architecture and design, as well as researchers involved in the relationship between people and places.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 239 pages
Publication date: 15 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book delves into the intricate urban landscape, grappling with the challenges of rising density, soil consumption, abandoned spaces, and the recent pandemic that has highlighted the inadequacies of megacities in providing healthy psychophysical conditions. Taking bodily and emotional comfort as a guiding principle, it seeks to inspire design research that transcends the traditional binary logic that separates public and private, outside and inside, culture and nature, mind and places.

The first part of the work explores built spaces, highlighting sustainable strategies to address both ecological and systemic crises while enhancing the livability of our contemporary cities. It explores innovative approaches to urban design, architecture, and planning that promote environmental sustainability, social equity, and human well-being.

The second part delves into our perception of aesthetic spaces, drawing upon insights from neuro-aesthetics studies on affordances and atmosphere. It encourages the intersection of interior architecture and design culture and arts, fostering a holistic approach to creating spaces that are visually appealing, cognitively stimulating, and emotionally nourishing.

The third part examines relational spaces, exploring how they shape human behavior from psychological, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives. It examines the role of spaces in fostering social connections, promoting well-being, and shaping individual and collective identities.

This book appeals to scholars and practitioners in interior architecture and design, as well as researchers interested in the relationship between people and places. The recent pandemic has underscored the urgent need to rely on consciousness, culture, and creativity to enhance the intelligence of our surroundings, fostering a sense of belonging and improving personal and mutual well-being. By adopting transdisciplinary approaches, we can create more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable cities that nourish both the physical and emotional well-being of their inhabitants.

Weight: 397g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030979768
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022