The 3rd Edition of Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture, chaired by Tatiana Berger, Architect (ANFA Advisory Council Member and Director of ACE) and by Sergei Gepshtein, Scientist (ANFA Board Member), offers an intensive 12-day course in the interface between disciplines concerned with design of the built environment and scientific disciplines concerned with human perception and behavior. These include neuroscience, cognitive science, environmental psychology and others. This course will teach practical tools and applications.

 

Grounded in the culture of Venice, Italy, participants will experience the rich cultural landscape of the city and will visit and study the work of Carlo Scarpa and contemporary architects. Venice will be magical in winter. Field trips offered to Vicenza and Brion Cemetery. Invited faculty include: Juhani Pallasmaa, Vittorio Gallese, Alvaro Siza, Tim Ingold, Sarah Goldhagen, David Kirsh, Giovanna Colombetti, Grafton Architects, Davide Ruzzon, Sarah Robinson, and others.

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The course is open to architecture and design professionals, including architects, urban planners, landscape architects, interior and product designers, artists, educators, authors, historians, environmental experts, health professionals, neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists, as well as graduate and postdoctoral students in these disciplines. Every participant will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.