What does a staircase suggest you do? What does a bench quietly invite? In architectural design, not all communication happens through words. Some cues are built into the very shape and material of the environment itself. James J. Gibson’s Affordance Theory offers a way of understanding these unspoken signals, how we instinctively grasp what a space enables, invites, or discourages.

It was, and in many ways still is, the kind of season that doesn’t announce itself loudly, but quietly unsettles everything. It has led me yet again to a recognition that growth requires parting with old identities and embracing new, sometimes uncomfortable, realities. 

The theory of evolution is that any organism responds to the environment it inhabits by becoming more and more efficient over generations...

Christopher Frayling’s three facets of Design Research include Research into, through, and for Design. They represent different approaches..

The prospect and refuge theory proposes that humans are naturally drawn to spaces that give them opportunities to respond to their needs....

Biophilic design has its roots in the late 20th century, when research on human-environment relationships flourished. Extensive studies...

Evidence-based Design (EBD) is the process of basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possi...

Applying Psychology To the Environment was originally published in 1998 by Hodder & Stoughton as part of a larger series of books.....