Developing Worship Spaces
Theology, design connections
Theology, design connections
A guide to designing/managing spiritual/secular places where people prosper
Moments of contemplation, whether they’re rooted in a religion or a practice such as meditation, increase individual and group wellbeing. Neuroscience research can be applied to design positive, uplifting, and inspiring spiritual/meditation/etc. settings.
Laplace and Guastavino studied acoustics in churches.
Transcendent experiences, whether rooted in a religion or a practice such as meditation, can drive individual and group wellbeing. Neuroscience research can be applied to develop positive, uplifting, and inspiring settings.
Spaces that support constructive spiritual experiences improve users’ mental and physical welfare. Neuroscience research details how design can best foster advantageous spiritual encounters.
Spaces that support positive spiritual experiences improve users’ lives, cognitively and physically. Their design can mentally sustain users, helping them deal positively and effectively with life circumstances and challenges. Cognitive science clearly lays out why and how design can best foster desired spiritual moments.
Spiritual/religious experiences can enhance our wellbeing and cognitive scientists have identified attributes of spiritually confortable spaces. Research consistently shows that places that support positive religious/spiritual encounters improve users’ lives.
Design sends consistent messages
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