Human Behaviour and Built Environment.
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Hi.
I m a first year student in a uni in Australia.I have a theory : Human behaviour (physical performance, mental condition and the phsycological aspects)is largely affected by the built environment around him/her.
Can you guys help me support this theory?
Theres been tons of studies on this already, but the most documented, are animals in zoos, have a serach on the web…
Despite tons of study I think this aspect of architecture deserves some discussion.
For example, the effect of the industrial revolution on architecture, the difference
between Georgian and Victorian architecture and the atmosphere architecture can generate such as Victorian, Stalin-Gothic or Gaudi architecture.Hey,somebody answer me this. Just a query, but do people of non-British origins use the same terminology (ie) Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian etc…….to describe architectural periods.I know our neighbours conquered 3/4 of the planet earth at one stage but did they also impose their monarchs names on architectural epochs also.
Some good books which might be useful:
Flesh and Stone – the body and architecture in western civilisation – Richard Sennet
Lessons for students of architecture – Herman Hertzberger – design oriented essays with a lot about how people inhabit buildings – features a lot of his own work.
A.D. Architectural Design – issue on architecture and anthropology – some good essays on architecture and culture.
‘Crossing the Expendable Landscape’ by Bettina Drew has a good bit about the psychology of people coping with the demolition of the downtown of Boston in the seventies.
A lot of stuf has been written about this in relation to failing housing estates.
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