Isabella Bower - Architecture's effect on the brain

Hearing Architecture

In this episode of Hearing Architecture, Daniel Moore interviews Dr Isabella Bower who isn't a registered architect but is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Isabella's work explores whether we can improve brain functioning and mental health through built environment design. During her PhD, she investigated how modifiable interior design characteristics of buildings impact processes we use in daily life such as perception, attention, and emotion regulation.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Isabella Bower at the University of South Australia, who is not a registered architect. Thank you so much for sharing stories about your research and how your research can inform the way we design our spaces for the better. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

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This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

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