Anticipation in architectural experience: a computational neurophenomenology for architecture?
Zakaria Djebbara, Thomas Parr, Karl Friston
arXiv Preprint Archive November 7, 2020 preprint
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Keywords | Q-bio.nc |
| Key points | Proposes that concepts from computational neuroscience and architectural phenomenology can be synthesized into a computational neurophenomenology framework for studying architecture's role in perceptual experience. |
Abstract
The perceptual experience of architecture is enacted by the sensory and motor system. When we act, we change the perceived environment according to a set of expectations that depend on our body and the built environment. The continuous process of collecting sensory information is thus based on bodily affordances. Affordances characterize the fit between the physical structure of the body and capacities for movement in the built environment. Since little has been done regarding the role of architectural design in the emergence of perceptual experience on a neuronal level, this paper offers a first step towards the role of architectural design in perceptual experience. An approach to synthesize concepts from computational neuroscience with architectural phenomenology into a computational neurophenomenology is considered. The outcome is a framework under which studies of architecture and cognitive neuroscience can be cast.