SITUATED PODCAST
In this podcast explores questions of how our surroundings shape us with leading experts from sundry fields, from sociology and neuroscience to farming and the arts.
Beginning in early 2026 the emphasis will shift towards exploring how the process of resonance connects us to our surroundings and each other.
Please join us at Spotify, Apple podcasts or youtube.
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Webinar: The Architecture of Resonance
This webinar introduces the thinking behind Sarah's latest book.
To view the recorded session, please visit:
When Buildings Speak:
How Architecture Shapes How We Live, Feel and Connect
Join architect and author Sarah Robinson for a compelling exploration of how the built world affects our wellbeing and our connections to one another. Inspired by her new book, The Architecture of Resonance (Routledge), Robinson reveals how architecture “acts”—guiding our movements, moods, and interactions in ways we often overlook. From the physics of resonance to the poetry of everyday life, she makes a powerful case for designing environments that support healthier, more meaningful and more sustainable ways of living.
The organizers at MOME in Budapest, describe the conference as follows:​ "In our understanding, this goal needs a transaction between different fields: those of the philosophies of embodiment and spatial experience, architectural humanities and environmental psychology, neuroscience and architectural practice. Keynotes from Steven Holl, Richard Shusterman, the American pragmatist philosopher and initiator of somaesthetics; Vittorio Gallese, the Italian neuroscientist who took leading role in discovering the mirror neurons; and Sarah Robinson, one of the most lucid and orientating voices in present-day architectural humanities.”
https://mome.hu/en/atmospheres-and-architectonics-conference
1st International Symposium
on Neurourbanism
MOVING BOUNDARIES COLLABORATIVE
An international and multidisciplinary movement committed to creating spaces that support human life.
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Through collaborative work, they nurture a vibrant community of scientists, architects, and designers dedicated to exploring how built environments influence perception, behavior, health, and the collective experience of place.
https://www.movingboundaries.org/
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EMOTIONAL CITIES, LISBON
This event brought together diverse fields of expertise, including architecture, urban planning, neuroscience, technology, and data science, the goal is to foster debate, share perspectives, develop evidence-based knowledge, and build healthier, more sustainable, and resilient cities to face the major challenges of our time, such as climate change, rapid urbanization, overpopulation, and biodiversity loss.
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INTENTIONAL SPACES SUMMIT
Our film What Design Can Do premiered at The International Arts + Mind Lab's Intentional Spaces, an initiative to expand the foundation for collaboration between scientific researchers, technologists, social scientists, and design practitioners. The network is co-developing a shared framework that advances the field by amplifying the impact of design on the human experience within the built environment.
NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY +
SACRED ARCHITECTURE
A selected number of individuals from a variety of disciplines whose works and thoughts have been significantly advancing this new area of scholarship and research will be participating in the Symposium. Such broad interdisciplinarity will allow us to view and interrogate the intersection of human spirituality and the built environment from first, second, and third-person perspectives.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01E1mFRjNQg
TEDex VENEZIA
How Our Surroundings Shape Us
This talk is a reflection on the importance of the relationship between space and human beings. By describing two categories - us, and our surroundings - this analysis highlights the opportunities that lie within spaces designed for the growth and well-being of human beings.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_robinson_how_our_surroundings_shape_us
Architecture as Experience: Human Perception and the Built Environment​
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​Hosted by the Driehaus Foundation, the symposium explored how science is informing us that our perceptual engagement with the environment, including the built environment, is enacted at the most basic level as a multisensory “whole-organism experience.” Implicit in this view is the idea that architectural design is more than a symbolic or conceptual language—it is a process by which minds, bodies, built environments, and cultures interact with each other on multiple levels over the course of generations.
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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb4UXzpp_ks​​
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