Pre-cognitive human demands and experience of architecture

The third module will give the students the instruments to transform and erect buildings in cities, taking care of the needs of users. NAAD will organize fifteen days on some study cases: Airports, Factories, Offices, Malls, Furniture, Hospitals, Prisons, Schools, Social Housings, Student Housings, Senior Residences, Sacred Spaces, Parks and City Planning.

Along the module path, NAAD grounds the theoretical premises acquired. The model is scrutiny on fourteen diverse themes, daily-lasting. Using psychology and neuroscience's lens, we focus on the persons' embedded psychological and emotional expectations. These fourteen-day works are completed by presenting some works and designs, selected as case studies bridging users' needs with final awaited architectural outcomes. NAAD has chosen seven persons, among the previuos master editions students, to cultivate the terrain able to enrich the intertwining between users needs' comprehension and the designs. A couple of themes has been attributed to each of the seven tutors who will support the Third Module development, and consequently, the fourteen lessons will be chaired by the same seven tutors.

week 3.a

TUNING PRE-COGNITIVE EXPECTATIONS: AIRPORTS, FACTORIES, HOSPITALS, HOTELS, PARKS

This week, students will analyze users' pre-cognitive expectations in five different study cases: Airports, Factories, Offices, Malls, Furniture. Students will learn how architecture can benefit users during five working days, thanks to the human sciences and neuroscience. Architects, researchers, and managers of the fields will explain how to improve the designs with proper features during five afternoons' workshops.

LESSONS: From Monday 13th to Friday 17th May 2024

week 3.b

TUNING PRE-COGNITIVE EXPECTATIONS: Hospitals, Prisons, Schools, Social Housings, Student Housings

This week, students will analyze users' pre-cognitive expectations in five different study cases. During five working days, students will learn how architecture can benefit users thanks to the human sciences and neuroscience. Architects, researchers, and managers of the fields will explain how to improve the designs with proper features during five afternoons' workshops.

LESSONS: From Monday 03th to Friday 07th June 2024

week 3.c

TUNING PRE-COGNITIVE EXPECTATIONS: Senior Residences, Sacred Spaces, Parks, and City Planning.

This week, students will analyze users' pre-cognitive expectations in four different study cases: Senior Residences, Sacred Spaces, Parks, and City Planning. Students will learn how architecture can benefit users during four working days, thanks to the human sciences and neuroscience. Architects, researchers, and managers of the fields will explain how to improve the designs with proper features during five afternoons' workshops. The last-day class will invite some special guests for a Closing Day, where we'll track the further edition target.

LESSONS: From Monday 01th to Friday 05th July 2024