May 21, 2008
Meredith Banasiak
University of Colorado
College of Architecture and Planning
Facilitating Edge Effects between Cognitive
Science and Environmental Design
Abstract
In ecology studies, the term “edge effect” describes
the interface of two adjacent ecosystems which produces a greater degree of biodiversity
than each system individually. Adopting this principle to discuss the phenomenon
which occurs at the edges or thresholds of disciplinary and professional boundaries,
it can be demonstrated that exploiting edge effects facilitate creativity and
discovery by bringing together novel combinations of resources and information.
As a means to describe the unfolding of my research interest in cognitive
science and environmental design, this presentation will examine three project-based “edge
effects”: Designer | User, Environmental Design | Cognitive Science,
and Research | Practice.
Links:
“Programming Blog Offers Information-sharing Loop in Pre-design Stage and
Beyond”,
AIArchitect. December 30, 2005.
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/1230/1230blog.cfm 12/2005
“Design with the Brain in Mind: Linking cognitive science to architectural
experience in design education”, ACSA Poster Proceedings 2008.
https://www.acsa-arch.org/conferences/annualposter08.aspx
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