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Geng, Le, Guo, and Yin investigated design elements in comfortable hotel lobbies using digital 3-dimensional models of lobby spaces and data collected from a Chinese sample.
Five space-in-use certainties have big effects on responses to design. Design-relevant neuroscience research on each needs to be top-of-mind as design alternatives are developed and evaluated.
Neuroscience research indicates that social factors, such as culture(s) and languages spoken, make some design outcomes much more likely than others. Culture(s) and languages also influence design-related expectations and experiences.
Neuroscientists have determined why some places feel homey and others don’t as well as when, where, and why homelike spaces should be developed. These lessons from neuroscience are relevant when homes, workplaces, hotels, and an assortment of other locations are being designed.
When we don’t have access to private spaces when we need them we’re stressed—and as our stress levels build our moods deteriorate; our wellbeing, quality-of-life, and professional performance fall; and we become unpleasant companions. Neuroscience sheds light on winning private experiences.