Projects

The Perfect Design For urban dwellers Endorsed by Neuroscience

2017-2019 | Principal investigator
Collaborators: Prof. Simon Shamai Tsoory, Haifa university and Architect Eran Chen – ODA, Architecture firm in NYC.

On a technical and practical level, it is possible to design and construct very dense urban environments, to compress people into small compact spaces both in their private and public environments. This could and most likely would result in crowded and stressful environments influencing the wellbeing and quality of life of their inhabitants. Some configurations have proven to be more acceptable than others…

User perceptions modeling and 3D Visual structure analysis of building envelopes in dense urban environments

Understanding how interior and exterior architecture and urban design alternatives impact human experience is still a challenge. One of the factors that impact human experience is the visibility available to users given a location with respect to an architectural design. The objective of this work is to understand and quantify the impact of visibility under varying architectural proportions and settings on human physiological and emotional measures.

Cognition, Perception and Behavior in the Built Environment

This research addresses the manner in which people perceive and process spatial information in high-density, mixed-use, vertical settings.
Dafna was invited to apply her visibility analysis methods to reinforce the expected ‘perceived density’ of user’s in the future proposed built environments.