Neurogenomics and Urban Placemaking (Biourbanism for human-centered sustainable design)

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
The ambition of this very practical summer school is to transfer the most up-to-date interdisciplinary knowledge from neurosciences, psychology, biology, physics, and network theories, into a new design's techniques and inspiration.

We want to challenge stylish and academic design with a science-grounded, genuinely sustainable, human-centered design and kick off a new profession field for designers, architects, city planners, artists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, policy makers, and social activists - Biourbanism Placemaking.

Theory and explorations will be put straight into practice in the same places we will live and work under the direction of tutors and with the use of our hands and bodies.rnrnMain Subjects:
Biourbanism
Environmental Psychology
Patterns in Physics, Biology, Neurophysiology, and Design
Algorithmic Sustainable Design
Biourban Acupuncture
Evidence-based Design
Placemaking
Service Design for Cities.

Period
21-07-2013 - 28-07-2013 (1 weeks)

Target group
Architects, Planners, Sociologist, Psychologist, Decision Makers

Course aim
How can we transform a dead space into a place that works? How can we make our environment sensibly better, a building more tender to human life, a neighborhood more attractive and pleasant, an urban area more alive, and finally by using such an approach to urban acupuncture a city more vibrant, beautiful and authentic?



Credits
0.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 550: Course tuition. We kept the courses tuition as low as possible in order to make the School affordable to as many valuable people as possible.

EUR 175: Lodging price for 7 nights in a Bed & Breakfast (double sharing) 105 (Meals, price for 7 dinners)

Course leader
Dr. Antonio Caperna, and Dr. Stefano Serafini.Info: summerschool@biourbanism.org

Scholarships
The International Society of Biourbanism is offering a limited number of scholarships for participation in the Summer School 2013.

International Society of Biourbanism
Address: via Giovanni Giardini, 15b
Postal code: 00133
City: Rome
Country: Italy
Website: http://www.biourbanism.org/
E-mail: info@biourbanism.org
Phone: +393471809353