Sensponsive architecture as a tool to stimulate the senses and alleviate the psychological disorders of an individual
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Linaraki, Despoina
Voradaki, Georgia
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The proposed short paper describes the characteristics of sensponsive spaces that are capable of helping individuals with mild psychosomatic disorders, like depression, to gradually overcome their addiction to medication. It is an innovative multidisciplinary approach through the domains of architecture, psychology, biochemistry and information technology. Initially the paper presents the connections between architecture and human behavior and specifically the way in which the spatial qualities of the surrounding environment affect the human senses and consequently the hormonal changes and the production of the corresponding emotions. As a next step, the paper examines the parameters for the creation of sensponsive environments that can ‘‘sense’’ the hormonal levels of individuals and ‘‘respond’’ to them by transforming their spatial elements in order to make people feel better. The proposed sensponsive spaces are equipped with smart materials and sensor-actuator systems with programmed actions (haptic, olfactory, chromatic and so on). By this time, there are ‘‘intelligent’’ clothes that detect heart beating or the sweat of a patient and communicate the results to the hospital. Additionally, architecture already uses smart materials that demonstrate a change in their color, texture or level of sound-absorbency. Moreover, contemporary building systems are able to orchestrate the programmed function of various devices, like air-conditioning or audio-visual ones, targeting the comfort of people living in those environments. The paper concludes in the fact that sensponsive architecture can positively contribute to the creation of a more human environment helping people improve their psychological health and preventing them from irrational use of drugs.
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Cognitive Processing
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Special Issue ICSC 2012 5th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Space and Embodied Cognition
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13
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Suppl 1
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Cognitive and computational psychology
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Liapi, M; Linaraki, D; Voradaki, G, Sensponsive architecture as a tool to stimulate the senses and alleviate the psychological disorders of an individual, Cognitive Processing, 2012, 13 (Suppl 1), pp. S46-S46