PSYCHOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

SUBMITTED BY,

ASHIQ MUHAMMED A

UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY IS DIRECTLY RELATED WITH ARCHITECTURE

APPROPRIATE USE OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS [SUCH AS COLOUR OF THE WALLS] HAS THE CAPACITY OF ENLIGHTENING THE ATMOSPHERE WHEREAS INAPPROPRIATE USE DOES THE OPPOSITE

FOR EXAMPLE: A ROOM WITH WHITE COLOURED WALLS REFLECTS LIGHT AND MAKES THE SPACE BRIGHTER AND MORE PLEASURABLE TO BE INSIDE

IN ADDITION TO COLOURS; THE BUILDING ,FUNCTIONS INCORPORATED IN IT, NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACES AROUND IT CAN ALSO HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE ON HUMAN MIND

SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF ARCHITECTURE WHICH AFFECTS HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY ARE: BUILDING FORMS

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACES

COLOURS

OPENINGS

LIGHTING

ACOUSTICS

SOUND CONSTRUCTION

GREEN TECHNIQUES

LANDSCAPES

ARCHITECTURE IS A FORM OF HUMAN EXPRESSION ,PORTRAYING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE COLLECTIVE OR THE INDIVIDUAL CREATOR

THE FATHER OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY CARL JUNG DESCRIBED A BUILDING AS “A STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM OF HUMAN PSYCHE”

LIKE ART, ARCHITECTURE OFFERS A VEHICLE FOR CONVEYING OUR DEEPEST THOUGHTS

KEY PSYCHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN AN ARCHITECTURAL BUILD ENVIROMENT ARE: WHEN PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMERS HAVE PRIVATE ROOMS WITH THEIR

OWN PERSONAL OBJECTS AROUND THEM, THEY EXHIBIT LESS AGGRESSION, ANXIETY AND FEWER PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS

THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF PREMATURE BABIES CAN BE DISRUPTED BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHTNING

PEOPLE CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVE THROUGH NEIGHBOURHOODS MORE CAREFULLY USING PSYCHOSOCIAL MEASURES, FOR EXAMPLE BY MAKING THE ROAD APPEAR NARROW. ACCORDING TO LATEST STUDIES ;BY REMOVING STREEET PROPS AND SIGNS ALTOGETHER THE SPEED OF VEHICLES CAN BE REDUCED. THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS THAT THE ROAD WITHOUT DIRECTIONS AND BOARDS MAY APPEAR MORE RISKY FOR THE DRIVER AND FINALLY HE SLOWS DOWN HIS VEHICLE.