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  • Neuroaesthetics
  • Neuroarchitecture
  • Architectural Design
  • Empirical Psychology

Background:

  • Current neuroaesthetics and neuroarchitecture studies often lack situated experience and embodied engagement.
  • Bridging the gap between empirical rigor and architectural meaning requires new methodological approaches.
  • Dominant assumptions in neuroarchitectural research need systematic reassessment to enhance ecological validity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a multi-stage framework integrating architectural design logic with empirical testing across representational scales.
  • To bridge disciplinary divides between empirical rigor and situated experience, visual abstraction and embodied engagement, and neuroscientific measurement and architectural meaning.
  • To systematically reassess dominant methodological assumptions in neuroaesthetics and neuroarchitectural studies using curvature as a test case.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a three-phase experimental approach: image-based evaluation (Phase 1), object-based interaction (Phase 2), and full-scale immersive experience (Phase 3).
  • Utilized a stimulus-generation pipeline rooted in spatial logic and architectural composition.
  • Positioned the architectural environment as a generator of perceptual, affective, and behavioral data within an iterative research process.

Main Results:

  • Phase 1 findings illustrate the framework's capacity to generate perceptually distinct stimuli.
  • Recurring evaluative patterns were revealed, including foreground-sensitive preferences for curvature under controlled figure-ground manipulations.
  • Methodological calibration and design logic for subsequent phases were informed by Phase 1 results.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework offers a scalable and adaptable approach for advancing neuroarchitectural research.
  • It supports collaborative investigations across multiple contexts, progressively increasing ecological validity.
  • The framework positions the architectural environment as an active participant in generating research data, moving beyond passive evaluation.