Context in Architectural Composition
AY 2023–2024

April 19, 2024 | noon CET

Elisabetta Canepa
Dare forma allo spazio ineffabile:
L’architettura ha inizio dalla parola

Lecture, Seminar Series within the ‘Context in Architectural Composition’ Course, Bachelor’s Program in Architecture, (dAD), Polytechnic School of Genoa. Instructor: Prof. Beatrice Moretti with Giulia Ansaldi and Matilde Ridella. Facility: 5A, dAD.

The Italian Academic Society of Landscape Architecture
Conference 2024

April 19, 2024 | 9:00 am – 7 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa
Composizioni orizzontali:
La chiave è camminare

Oral presentation, Assemblea IASLA (Italian Academic Society of Landscape Architecture) 2024, Department of Architecture and Design (dAD), Polytechnic School of Genoa.
Facility: Benvenuto lecture hall, Department of Architecture and Design (dAD).

Architecture is Atmosphere

April 4, 2024 | 4:00 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, combining design, phenomenology, and neuroscience.

Lecture, Seminar Series within the ‘Interior Design: History and Theory’ Course, Bachelor’s Program in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Design (DAD), Polytechnic University of Turin. Instructors: Prof. Nilufer Saglar Onay and Prof. Federica Ciarcia’. Facility: 1P, Cittadella Politecnica.

Per un’architettura empatica

March 27, 2024 | 5:00 pm CET

Paola Gregory (Polytechnic University of Turin, Sapienza University of Rome) is in conversation with Carmen Andriani and Elisabetta Canepa (University of Genoa) to present her last book "Per un'architettura empatica. Prospettive, concetti, questioni," edited by Carocci in January 2024.

Lecture, Ph.D. Program in Architecture and Design (ADD), Polytechnic School of Genoa.
Facility: 4L room, Department of Architecture and Design (dAD).

IDEA 2024
Innovation Design Application
Symposium

March 18, 2024 | 3:30 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa
Emilio Ambasz, Residence-au-Lac:
Atmosfere, emozioni e realtà virtuale

Oral presentation at the second symposium IDEA “Manual vs Automated Creative Process”, promoted by the Department of Architecture and Design (dAD) and the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa + the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).

IDEA 2024
Innovation Design Application
Symposium

March 18, 2024 | 9:30 am CET

Elisabetta Canepa
Empathic Imagination:
Nurturing Architectural Creativity in Video Games and Virtual Reality Simulations

Paper published in the proceedings of the second symposium IDEA “Manual vs Automated Creative Process”, promoted by the Department of Architecture and Design (dAD) and the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa + the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Atmospherology Applied
to Architecture

February 26, 2024 | Venice, Italy | 9:00 am CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, discussing theoretical notions and showing compositional exercises to disentangle spaces, bodies, and experiences.

Lecture, Master’s Program “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” (NAAD), IUAV University of Venice.

Theory and Praxis
of Emotional Spaces

January 8, 2024 | 5:30 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, combining a phenomenological perspective of our spatial experience with the body perspective.

Lecture, Master’s Program “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” (NAAD), IUAV University of Venice.

Moving Boundaries Course
Lecture

December 20—23, 2023 | Perugia and Gubbio, Italy

Within the module focused on atmosphere and mood in architecture, Elisabetta Canepa gives a lecture entitled “Architectural Atmospheres: Experimenting Phenomenology and Neuroscience.”

The course ‘Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture’ is directed by Tatiana Berger and co-chaired by Sarah Robinson (chair-professor of architecture) and Vittorio Galles (chair-professor of neuroscience). Partners of this program are the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and the University of California — San Diego (UCSD), among others.

Moving Boundaries Course
Workshop

December 20—23, 2023 | Perugia and Gubbio, Italy

Within the module focused on atmosphere and mood in architecture, Elisabetta Canepa runs a workshop entitled “Space or Place?” with Edoardo Milesi (Archos studio) and Andrea De Magistris (Associazione Dynamis).

The course ‘Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture’ is directed by Tatiana Berger and co-chaired by Sarah Robinson (chair-professor of architecture) and Vittorio Galles (chair-professor of neuroscience). Partners of this program are the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and the University of California — San Diego (UCSD), among others.

IDEA 2024
Innovation Design Application
Symposium: Call

December 31, 2023 | Submission deadline

The Call for Papers for IDEA 2024 is open!
Elisabetta Canepa is a member of the Scientific and Organizing Committees.

Second symposium IDEA “Manual vs Automated Creative Process”, promoted by the Department of Architecture and Design (dAD) and the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa + the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).

The Aesthetics
of Architecture
Seminar

December 5, 2023 | 2:30—6:00 pm CET

A seminar on the aesthetics of architecture with Dora Anastasi (University of Milan and University of Messina) and Elisabetta Canepa (University of Genoa).

Seminar organized by the Philosophy of Experiential Artifacts (PEA) project within the "Cogniton and the Arts" course, Master of Digital Humanities (DiHu), Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Casa Paganini International Research Center.

Brain Principles and Urban Design
Memory and Emotions

November 23-24, 2023 | Venice, IT

This conference uses the "memory/emotion" liaison as a driver to improve a multidisciplinary approach to the use of neuroscience to support urban designers and architects and provide them with a deeper awareness of citizens' well-being, fostering pro-social life and behaviors within cities, districts, and buildings.

Elisabetta Canepa.
Memory | Emotions | Human Environment.

Oral presentation at the "Brain Principles and Urban Design" conference, promoted by the “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” (NAAD) Program at IUAV University of Venice, with the support of the Paris Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA) and the Italian Chapter of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA). Organizers: Alain Berthoz, Francois Pitti, and Davide Ruzzon.
Facility: Manfredo Tafuri lecture hall, Palazzo Badoer, IUAV University of Venice.

ProArch
Forum 2023

November 16-18, 2023 | Genoa, IT

ProArch is the Scientific Society of Italian University Professors in Architectural and Urban Design and organizes a national conference each year. Elisabetta Canepa and Valter Scelsi discuss the term “Atmosphere” as an essential word for experiencing, understanding, articulating, designing, and teaching architecture nowadays.

Elisabetta Canepa (presenting author) and Valter Scelsi.
Atmosfera.

Oral presentation at the 10th ProArch Forum — “Le parole e le forme” (November 16—18, 2023), Department of Architecture and Design (dAD), Polytechnic School, Univesity of Genoa. “S1.5: Accademia” round table. Moderators: Massimo Ferrari, Carmen Andriani, and Cristiana Lopes.
Facility: Aula Vallega, Department of Architecture and Design (dAD), Polytechnic School, Univesity of Genoa.

The Architect
of Atmospheres

November 14, 2023 | 5:30—6:30 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa presents the evolution of the experimental tests developed within the Resonances project at Kansas State University and the University of Genoa.

Oral presentantion within the "Fenomenologia dello Spazio" course, Bachelor of Arts in Architettura d’Interni, Dipartimento Ambiente Costruzioni e Design (DACD), Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI).
Prof. Matteo Vegetti and Arch. Victoria Pham.

Back to Genoa
Learning from Manhattan

October 13, 2023 | 2:30—4:30 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a lecture on Genoa, sharing insights on how to apply an atmospheric approach to architectural experiences.

Seminar within the “Typologies in Genoa” studio trip and redrawing, organized by Studio VG13 (Tommaso Fantini and Alberto Rossi), an international workshop of the Biberach School of Architecture, Germany.
Fall term 2023.

Moving Boundaries
International Winter Course

October 15, 2023 | Application deadline

This winter program offers an intensive two-week course in the interface between disciplines concerned with design of the built environment and sciences related to human perception and behavior. It is open to architecture and design professionals, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, artists, graduate students, and scholars at any level. Locations: Venice, Perugia, and Gubbio, IT.

Elisabetta Canepa is part of the faculty.

The course ‘Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture’ is directed by Prof. Tatiana Berger. Partners of this program are the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and the University of California — San Diego (UCSD), among others.

2023 European
Researchers’ Night

September 29, 2023 | Genoa, IT

The European Researchers' Night is a Europe-wide public event displaying the diversity of science and its impact on our daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. It aims to bring research and researchers closer to the public, promote excellent research projects across Europe and beyond, increase the interest of young people in science and research careers, and showcase the impact of researchers’ work on our daily lives.

Elisabetta Canepa joins the SHARPER project.

SHARPER is a European Researchers' Night project funded by the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (GA 101061553). It involves multiple cities: Ancona, Cagliari, Camerino, Catania, Genova, L’Aquila, Macerata, Nuoro, Pavia, Palermo, Perugia, Sassari, Terni, and Trieste.

ANFA
Conference 2023

September 13—16, 2023 | San Diego, California

Elisabetta Canepa (presenting author), Zakaria Djebbara, Kutay Güler, Luca Andrighetto, Irene Schiavetti, Andrea Jelić, and Bob Condia.
First Impressions: Conscious and Nonconscious Responses to Atmospheric Primes in Architectural Space.

Oral presentation at the ANFA 20th Anniversary Conference (September 13—16, 2023), University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California.

ProArch
Forum 2023: Call

July 16, 2023 | Submission deadline

The Call for Abstracts for the 10th ProArch Forum is open!
ProArch is the Scientific Society of Italian University Professors in Architectural and Urban Design and organizes a national conference each year. Elisabetta Canepa is a member of the Organizing Committee for the 2023 edition hosted in Genoa.

10th ProArch Forum — “Le parole e le forme” (November 16—18, 2023), Department of Architecture and Design (dAD), Polytechnic School, Univesity of Genoa.

EDRA 2023 Conference
Environment and Health:
Global/Local Challenges and Actions

June 22, 2023 | 1:30 pm CST (Mexico)

Kutay Güler (presenting author), Bob Condia, and Elisabetta Canepa.
Utilizing Eye Tracking in VR Environments to Understand the Impact of Biophilic Interventions.

Oral presentation at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 54 Conference — ‘Environment and Health: Global/Local Challenges and Actions ’ (June 20—23, 2023), Session: 'Simulation as Assessment.' Facility: School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City.

EDRA 2023 Conference
Environment and Health:
Global/Local Challenges and Actions

June 21, 2023 | 2:45 pm CST (Mexico)

Elisabetta Canepa (presenting author), Kutay Güler, and Bob Condia.
The Emotional Atmospheres ATLAS: A Database of Architectural Experiences Surveyed through Arousal and Valence.

Oral presentation at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 54 Conference — ‘Environment and Health: Global/Local Challenges and Actions ’ (June 20—23, 2023), Session: 'Design analysis and theoretical aspects.' Facility: School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City.

Neuroscience for Architecture:
Designing with Atmosphere in Mind

July 15, 2023 | Online course | 10:30 am GMT-3 (Brazil)

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, combining phenomenology and physiology.

Lecture, “Neuroscience for Architecture: Designing with the User in Mind” Course, 2023 edition, NeuroAu, directed by Andréa De Paiva (ANFA Advisory Board member and vice chair of the ANFA Chapter Brazil).

UniGe MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowship Masterclass

May 29-30, 2023

⁠Elisabetta Canepa holds an oral presentation to provide MSCA candidates with writing, editing, and strategy tips to prepare a successful grant proposal.

MSCA PF @UniGe 2023 Masterclass, organized by the European Research Office (ERO), University of Genoa, in collaboration with the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) Liguria.

ANFA
Conference 2023: Call

May 15, 2023 | Submission deadline

The Call for Papers for ANFA 2023 is open!

ANFA 20th Anniversary Conference will be in San Diego, California, from September 13 to September 16, 2023. The submission deadline for abstracts (papers and posters) is now due on May 15, 2023.

ANFA
Advisory Council Appointment

2023—2025

Elisabetta Canepa is grateful and excited about being welcome as a new member of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Advisory Council (ANFA AdCo).

The mission of ANFA (based in San Diego, California, US) is to promote and advance knowledge that links neuroscience research to a growing understanding of human responses to the built environment.

MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023

April 12, 2023

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral mobility. The next call for applications will open on April 12, 2023.

MSCA
Fellow of the Week

February 3, 2023

Elisabetta Canepa has been selected as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellow of the Week. MSCA Fellow of the Week is an initiative by the European Commission to let people know about MSCA fellows and their research.

IDEA 2023
Investigating Design in Architecture
Symposium

April 17, 2023 | Genoa, IT

The Call for Papers for IDEA 2023 is open!
Elisabetta Canepa is a member of the Promoting Committee, and on this occasion she presents the evolution of the experimental tests developed within the Resonances project at Kansas State University.

First symposium IDEA, Department of Architecture and Design (dAD) + Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa.

Neurophenomenology
and Sacred Architecture
Interdisciplinary Symposium

March 23—25, 2023 | Washington, D.C.

Elisabetta Canepa is one of the speakers invited to present her empirical research on the qualitative dimensions of architecture, illustrating the experiments developed in the P\Lab2003 at the K-State College of Architecture, Planning and Design. She takes part in two work and topic panels.

Symposium "Neurophenomenology and Sacred Architecture: Toward an Experimental Theological Aesthetics," School of Architecture and Planning, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Designing Atmospheres:
Theory and Science
Interfaces Symposium

March 28, 2023 | Manhattan, KS | 8:30 am — 12:30 pm CST

Recent advances in science confirm many of the architect’s intuitions opening new doors to the perception of space and the meaning of architecture. “Designing Atmospheres: Theory and Science” presents to an audience of students, architects, and scientists a conversation about human perception of design and building, specifically speaking to the significance of atmosphere, mood, and affordances.

Speakers: Kory Beighle, PhD (APDesign — KState); Elisabetta Canepa, PhD (EU Marie Curie Postdoc Fellow — UniGe and KState, ANFA Member); Bob Condia, FAIA (APDesign — KState, Member of the Advisory Council to ANFA); Zakaria Djebbara, PhD (CREATE — Aalborg University, Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics — TU Berlin); Harry Francis Mallgrave, PhD (Distinguished Professor Emeritus — IIT, Member of the Advisory Council to ANFA). Check out here for more information.

Facility: Regnier Forum, APDesign, K-State University, Manhattan, KS.
Coffee and donuts at 8:00 am CST.

GUD, a Magazine
about Architecture, Design, and Cities
7, Sinapsi — Synapse

March 13, 2023 | Genoa, IT

The Call for Papers for GUD 7 is open!
Elisabetta Canepa, Andrea Giachetta, and Gaia Leandri are the guest editors of this special issue of GUD — Genova University Design magazine. In GUD 7, we want to trace a way that goes in a new direction with unusual topics, references, and travel companions. The aim is to confront each other about the architectural and design project at the level of our perceptual, emotional, and cognitive processes.

February 13, 2023: Call launch
March 13, 2023: Abstract submission deadline
April 7, 2023: Notification of acceptance
May 8, 2023: Full paper submission deadline
June 2023: GUD 7 release

GUD is an open-access journal, rated as a “scientific journal” by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems (ANVUR).

Atmospheric Subtleties:
Towards a Phenomenological Physiology
for the Architectural Experience

February 28, 2023 | 5:00—7:00 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, combining the first-person perspective of our spatial experience (that is, the phenomenological approach) with the body perspective (namely, a physiological interpretation).

Lecture, Master’s Program “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” (NAAD), IUAV University of Venice.

Thinking
Atmospheres

February 21, 2023 | 9:30—11:00 am CST

Francesca Iovene (an architectural and documentary photographer based in Berlin) illustrates how her visual sensibility focuses on spatial atmospheres to narrate sensations, memories, and experiences. Her lecture combines architecture and landscape, photography and cinema.

Seminar “The Resonance of Atmospheres in Space” (ARCH 715A), Department of Architecture, APDesign, K-State University.

The Resonance
of Atmospheres in Space

ARCH 715A Seminar
Spring 2023 Course

January 17 — May 11, 2023
Tuesday and Thursday | 9:30—10:45 am CST

In this seminar, we explore the fundamentals of the phenomenography, experimentation, and design of architectural atmospheres. The course includes readings, class discussions, and student presentations. Final output: writing a research paper.

Prof. Elisabetta Canepa, PhD and Bob Condia, FAIA.

Topics in Architecture Seminar, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.),
Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), K-State University.
Facility: Seaton 2122.

Architecture as Behaviors, Actions,
and Atmospheres

ARCH 818C \ ADS 8
Spring 2023 Course

January 18 — May 12, 2023
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday | 1:30—5:30 pm CST

This is a Thesis Studio in architectural experience focused on advanced design strategy. We study and compose a biological theory of perception that we can apply to architectural practice. Final output: developing a graduate thesis project (M.Arch. class of 2023).

Prof. Bob Condia, FAIA with Prof. Elisabetta Canepa, PhD.

Architectural Design Studio VIII, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.),
Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), K-State University.
Facility: Seaton 2156.

The Language of Atmosphere

October 24 — November 2, 2022 | M W F | 1:30—5:30 pm CST

Elisabetta Canepa runs a theory module and workshop about the nature of architectural atmospheres and their perceptual components. Adopting an analytical approach, we select a series of atmospheric generators and test them on spatial patterns. Final output: drafting a database of visual atmospheric stimuli.

Lectures and class discussion, ‘Architecture as Behaviors, Actions, and Atmospheres’ (ADS 7) Studio, Master’s Program in Architecture, Dept. of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), Kansas State University. Instructor: Prof. Bob Condia.
Facility: Seaton 2156.

Atmospheric Spaces

Community

Elisabetta became an associate member of the Atmospheric Spaces international community, and the RESONANCES project was included among its research partners.

Atmospheric Spaces is an international network that promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the atmospheric subject, firstly moving from a phenomenological and aesthetic perspective.
Director: Tonino Griffero, Tor Vergata University, Rome (Italy).

Atmospherically Thinking: A Model for
Experiencing Architecture and the Everyday

October 13, 2022 | 5:30—7:00 pm CST

In a casual atmosphere, Elisabetta Canepa engages students with discussions about mood, ambiance, and design.

Talk, ‘Architecturally Speaking’ Lecture Series, sponsored by the Flint Hills Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA FH) and the K-State American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Kansas State University. Coordinator: Prof. Michael Grogan.
Facility: JP's, K-State Student Union.

Atmospheric Praxis

September 20, 2022 | 7:00—10:00 pm CST

Elisabetta Canepa converses with students about the phenomenological primacy of atmosphere in the design process.

Lecture and class discussion, ‘Modes of Architectural Praxis’ (ARCH715) Seminar, Master’s Program in Architecture, Dept. of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), Kansas State University. Instructor: Prof. Judy O’ Buck Gordon.
Facility: Seaton East 1137.

UniGe MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowship Masterclass

June 8, 2022 | 4:00 pm CET

⁠Elisabetta Canepa holds an oral presentation to provide MSCA candidates with writing, editing, and strategy tips to prepare a successful grant proposal.

MSCA PF @UniGe 2022 Masterclass, organized by the European Research Office (ERO), University of Genoa. In collaboration with the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) Liguria.

Architectural Atmospheres
Webinar

May 20, 2022 | 12:00 pm EST

Bob Condia moderates a panel discussion between the architect Suchi Reddy, the neuroscientist Michael Arbib, and the philosopher Tonino Griffero.

Architectural Atmospheres: Phenomenology, Cognition and Feeling, a roundtable hosted by The Commission Project (TCP) within the Applied Neuroaesthetics project. The event will be held on Zoom and posted on the Youtube TCP channel.

The European Research Environment
UniGe PhD course

May 4, 2022 | 2:00—4:30 pm CET

⁠Elisabetta Canepa gives an oral presentation to illustrate to PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows her MSCA experience.

Course offered by the PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering (DICCA) — Curriculum in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanics and Materials. Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, academic year 2021/2022. Panel: UniGe Successful Stories.

Atmospheres
Atmosfere

April 21, 2022 | 5:00 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa teaches a class about the design variables that contribute to the composition of atmospheres, influencing people's spatial perception.

Lecture, ‘Dollhouse’ Architectural Design Studio III, Bachelor’s Program in Architecture, Dept. Architecture and Design (dAD), Polytechnic School, University of Genoa. Prof. Christiano Lepratti, with Matteo Orlandi, Irene Senarega, Martina Guasco, Fulvio Maccarone, Ayla Schiappacasse, and Duccio Prassoli.

Moving Boundaries
International Summer Course

July 29 — August 4, 2022 | Spain and Portugal

This summer program offers an intensive two-week course in the interface between disciplines concerned with design of the built environment and scientific disciplines related to human perception and behavior. Grounded in the local landscape of Galicia and northern Portugal, the course is open to architecture and design professionals, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, as well as graduate and postdoctoral students in these disciplines.

Elisabetta Canepa is a teaching assistant.

The course “Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture” is chaired by Prof. Tatiana Berger and Prof. Sergei Gepshtein. Partners of this program are the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the University of California — San Diego (UCSD), the University of A Coruña (UDC), the Centre for Conscious Design (CCD), ArtClever, Instituto de Pós-graduação e Graduação (IPOG), NeuroAU, Instituto de Neurociencia para la Arquitectura y el Diseño en México (INPAD), Casa da Arquitectura — Portuguese Centre for Architecture, and Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC).

Generators of Architectural Atmosphere
Interfaces Symposium

April 12, 2022 | Manhattan, KS | 8:00—12:30 am CST

Recent advances in science confirm many of the architect’s expert biases opening new doors to the perception of space and the meaning of architectural and urban design. “Generators of Architectural Atmosphere” presents to an audience of students, educators, architects, and scientists a conversation about human perception of design and building, specifically speaking to the significance of atmosphere, mood, affordances, and embodiment.

Speakers: Bob Condia, FAIA (APDesign — KSU, Member of the Advisory Council to ANFA, and ACE Member); Elisabetta Canepa (EU Marie Curie Postdoc Fellow — UniGe, ANFA and ACE Member); Kutay Güler (APDesign, IAID — KSU); Tiziana Proietti (College of Architecture — OU, ANFA and ACE Member). Check out here the schedule and more information.

An Interfaces event of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), sponsored by the EU’s Horizon 2020 MSCA Program — Resonances Project, the Perkins Eastman Studio, and the 2020 Regnier Chair.
Facility: Regnier Hall, APDesign, K-State University, Manhattan, KS.

Architecture with Feeling: Measuring Emotional and Neurophysiological
Responses to the Built Environment

March 22, 2022 | 4:00—5:30 pm CST

Isabella Bower (PhD candidate with the School of Architecture — Built Environment and the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, at Deakin University, Melbourne) presents her doctoral research and converses with Bob Condia, Elisabetta Canepa, and their students.

Seminar “Perception of Space: Atmospheres” (ARCH 715A), Department of Architecture, APDesign, K-State University.

Atmosphere in Architecture:
From Phenomenology to Biology,
and Back Again

March 9, 2022 | 5:00—7:00 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa holds a presentation that explores the atmospheric issue in architecture, combining the first-person perspective of our spatial experience (that is, the phenomenological approach) with the body perspective (namely, a biological interpretation).

Lecture, Master’s Program “Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design” (NAAD), IUAV University of Venice.

Perception of Space:
Atmospheres

ARCH 715A Seminar
Spring 2022 Course

January 18 — May 12, 2022
Tuesday and Thursday | 4:05—5:20 pm CST

In this seminar, we explore the fundamentals of the phenomenography, experimentation, and design of architectural atmospheres. The course includes readings, class discussions, and student presentations. Final output: writing a research paper.

Prof. Bob Condia, FAIA and Prof. Elisabetta Canepa, PhD.

Topics in Architecture Seminar, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.),
Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), K-State University.
Facility: Seaton 2122.

The Atmosphere
of Architectural Perception

ARCH 818C \ ADS 8
Spring 2022 Course

January 17 — May 12, 2022
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday | 1:30—5:30 pm CST

This is a Thesis Studio in architectural experience focused on advanced design strategy. We study and compose a biological theory of perception that we can apply to architectural practice. Final output: developing a graduate thesis project (M.Arch. class of 2022).

Prof. Bob Condia, FAIA with Prof. Elisabetta Canepa, PhD.

Architectural Design Studio VIII, Master of Architecture (M.Arch.),
Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design (APDesign), K-State University.
Facility: Seaton 0101.

Science is Wonderful!
2021 Edition

November 22, 2021 | 9:00—14:00 pm CET

Free and open to everybody, Science is Wonderful! (10—26 November 2021) brings the world of science to primary and secondary schools all over Europe. Researchers from all disciplines are ready to meet online with teachers and pupils, inspiring their interest in the world of science. Science is Wonderful! is an initiative of the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

Talks and experiments with students from the primary schools Istituto Globale Sant’Antioco-Calasetta (South Sardinia) and Livio Tempesta (Lecce), and from the secondary school Massimo D’Azeglio (Genoa).

Elements of Atmosphere
Research Seminar

November 10, 2021 | 4:00—5:30 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa (University of Genoa) and Andrea Jelić (KU Leuven) are in conversation with Bob Condia (Kansas State University), Zakaria Djebbara (Aalborg University), Ann Heylighen (KU Leuven), Sarah Robinson (Aalborg University), Tenna Doktor Olsen Tvedebrink (Aalborg University), Valter Scelsi (University of Genoa), and Peter-Willem Vermeersch (KU Leuven).

Research seminar #01, organized in collaboration with the research group Research[x]Design, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven.
Hybrid event, Campus Engineering Sciences, Leuven (Belgium).

ANFA 2021 Symposium
‘Quantified Buildings, Quantified Self’

September 17, 2021 | 10:30 am PST

Elisabetta Canepa, Chiara Centanaro, and Valeria Minucciani
The Language of Data in the Exhibition Discourse.
Intertwining Architects, Curators, Artists, Scientists, and Users.

Oral presentation at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2021 Conference – ‘Quantified Buildings, Quantified Self,’ Paper Session III: Mapping Responses to Space. Moderator: Eduardo Macagno.

UniGe MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowship Masterclass

July 1, 2021 | 3:00 pm CET

Elisabetta Canepa gives an oral presentation to provide MSCA candidates with writing and editing tips to prepare their grant proposals.

MSCA PF @UniGe 2021 Masterclass, organized by the European Research Office (ERO), University of Genoa. In collaboration with the Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) Liguria.