Towards sustainability from architecture and ecosophy: links between mental ecology, emotional neuroscience and space

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ecosophy, mental ecology, bioarchitecture, behavioral economics, neuroscience, transdisciplinary, ethics of architecture,, sustainability

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26439/limaq2021.n007.5177

This article arises from the review of books and research related to sustainability in terms of architecture, philosophy, psychology and neuroscience. It deals with the ecological problem from Felix Guattari’s ecosophical approach (environmental, social and mental ecology) and proposes transdisciplinary paths for its fulfillment. It also presents the relationship between mental ecology and the existential, artistic and ethical dimension of architecture based on emotional neuroscience. Finally, it raises design sensitization through the transdisciplinary knowledge of human beings in order to achieve a sensitive ideation in architectural proposals.

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Author Biography

  • Isabel Loredo, Signare Estudio

    Arquitecta, licenciada por la Universidad Ricardo Palma (2012). Egresada de la maestría en Neurociencia y Educación por la Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (2017). Realizó estudios de Antropología del Diseño y Morfología de la Ciudad en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (intercambio académico, 2007). Participó en el evento-taller Towards a Middle-Out Urbanism impartido en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid en el marco del concurso Archiprix 2015. En la actualidad, es docente de la Universidad Ricardo Palma y la Escuela Toulouse Lautrec, donde dicta talleres de diseño. Es socia fundadora de Signare Estudio, oficina de arquitectura y diseño.

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2021-08-09

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