Announcement: Open Enrollment for Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design
Open enrollment at the beginning of June for NAAD Sixth Edition, Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design at the University Iuav in Venice, Italy, the Faculty of Architecture. Learn More
Announcing a new Stanford University Continuing Studies Course open to all
Sign up online for our new course "BRAINS, BODIES & BUILDINGS: Neuroarchitecture & Spaces That Shape Us".
The Course runs Jan 16 to March 9, 2026:
JAN 26; FEB 2, 9. 23, MAR 2, 9, 2026 at 6:00-7:50pm
Course Description will be listed on the stanford continuing studies website on Nov 10th
Enrollment opens on Dec 1, 2025.
Announcing a new Stanford University Continuing Studies Course open to all
Sign up online for our new course "BRAINS, BODIES & BUILDINGS: Neuroarchitecture & Spaces That Shape Us".
The Course runs Jan 16 to March 9, 2026:
JAN 26; FEB 2, 9. 23, MAR 2, 9, 2026 at 6:00-7:50pm
Course Description will be listed on the stanford continuing studies website on Nov 10th
Enrollment opens on Dec 1, 2025.
Lecture : ANFA Dialogue: Landing Neuroscience in Design, Practice and Culture
A conversation between Zakaria Djebbara and Milton Shinberg
ANFA hosts a Dialogue on how neuroscience informs architectural design, featuring insights from Zakaria Djebbara and Milton Shinberg. The session explores intuition, research-based design, innovation, creativity, and evolving skills in the architecture profession.
Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 7 PM - 9 PM PST
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 W Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Meeting : Social and Informational Reception – Society for Neuroscience 53rd Annual Meeting
Hosted by The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
Join ANFA for a social and informational reception during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Network with peers and explore the intersections between neuroscience and architecture.
Thu, Sep 18 - Sat, Sep 20, 2025 PDT
La Jolla, CA
ANFA Conf. Committee
Conference : ANFA 2025 Conference
Join architects, neuroscientists, and designers at the seventh biennial ANFA Conference, hosted at UC San Diego and the iconic Salk Institute. This year’s theme, Neuroscience for Architecture: Research in Motion, explores how the built environment can respond to today’s most pressing challenges—from climate change to inclusive design.
Join us for the Seventh Biennial Neuroscience for Architecture Conference, held September 18–20, 2025, at UC San Diego with a special event at the Salk Institute. We welcome submissions exploring how people interact with the built environment. Selected papers and posters will be peer-reviewed and published. Submit by June 1, 2025 to present your work among leading architects and scientists.
Workshop : Neuroscience-informed Design solutions to address Dementia
A unique Neuroscience and Design Conversation Le Village Landais Alzheimer, Dax, France
This Discourse explores the intersection of neuroscience and architecture in the context of living with dementia. The conversation focuses on the unique qualities of Le Village Landais Alzheimer, in Dax, France, featuring insights from cognitive science, architectural design, and user experience. The workshop’s goal is to uncover ways to apply neuro and cognitive science research in the design process, in order to create coherent, engaging, and cognitively enhancing environments that support...
Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 1 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
Salk Institute - Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
Symposium : Architecture: Deep Past, Active Present, and Future Challenges
How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds
You are invited to attend CARTA’s public symposium, “How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds,” to be held on Friday, October 11, 2024 – whether in person at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, by live Zoom, or by later viewing the recorded talks.
Bridges Not Boxes: Interplay Between Nature & Architecture
An ANFA Canada Chapter Live Webinar
Panel discussion with:
Dr. Oshin Vartanian, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and
Dr. Hanna Negami, Data Strategist at Perkins Eastman,
ANFA doctoral platform is a new initiative bringing ongoing academic research together to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration within the worldwide NfA and Neuro-Design community. This effort will offer doctorate / early career researchers the opportunity to present their work to a wider audience and receive feedback from peers, scholars, and practitioners.
Lecture : ANFA Dialogue: Landing Neuroscience in Design, Practice and Culture
A conversation between Zakaria Djebbara and Milton Shinberg
ANFA hosts a Dialogue on how neuroscience informs architectural design, featuring insights from Zakaria Djebbara and Milton Shinberg. The session explores intuition, research-based design, innovation, creativity, and evolving skills in the architecture profession.
Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 7 PM - 9 PM PST
Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 W Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Meeting : Social and Informational Reception – Society for Neuroscience 53rd Annual Meeting
Hosted by The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
Join ANFA for a social and informational reception during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Network with peers and explore the intersections between neuroscience and architecture.
Thu, Sep 18 - Sat, Sep 20, 2025 PDT
La Jolla, CA
ANFA Conf. Committee
Conference : ANFA 2025 Conference
Join architects, neuroscientists, and designers at the seventh biennial ANFA Conference, hosted at UC San Diego and the iconic Salk Institute. This year’s theme, Neuroscience for Architecture: Research in Motion, explores how the built environment can respond to today’s most pressing challenges—from climate change to inclusive design.
Join us for the Seventh Biennial Neuroscience for Architecture Conference, held September 18–20, 2025, at UC San Diego with a special event at the Salk Institute. We welcome submissions exploring how people interact with the built environment. Selected papers and posters will be peer-reviewed and published. Submit by June 1, 2025 to present your work among leading architects and scientists.
Workshop : Neuroscience-informed Design solutions to address Dementia
A unique Neuroscience and Design Conversation Le Village Landais Alzheimer, Dax, France
This Discourse explores the intersection of neuroscience and architecture in the context of living with dementia. The conversation focuses on the unique qualities of Le Village Landais Alzheimer, in Dax, France, featuring insights from cognitive science, architectural design, and user experience. The workshop’s goal is to uncover ways to apply neuro and cognitive science research in the design process, in order to create coherent, engaging, and cognitively enhancing environments that support...
Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 1 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
Salk Institute - Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
Symposium : Architecture: Deep Past, Active Present, and Future Challenges
How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds
You are invited to attend CARTA’s public symposium, “How Humans Came to Construct Their Worlds,” to be held on Friday, October 11, 2024 – whether in person at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, by live Zoom, or by later viewing the recorded talks.
Bridges Not Boxes: Interplay Between Nature & Architecture
An ANFA Canada Chapter Live Webinar
Panel discussion with:
Dr. Oshin Vartanian, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and
Dr. Hanna Negami, Data Strategist at Perkins Eastman,
ANFA doctoral platform is a new initiative bringing ongoing academic research together to foster knowledge exchange and collaboration within the worldwide NfA and Neuro-Design community. This effort will offer doctorate / early career researchers the opportunity to present their work to a wider audience and receive feedback from peers, scholars, and practitioners.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Brain-based Design for Health & Wellbeing
ANFA's pioneers and experts present their experience at the nexus of neuroscience and architecture
Dr. Honkanen (Stanford University) and Dr. Eve Edelstein (Neuro-Architecture) will talk about how neuroscience and medicine can be applied in designing spaces that enhance health, performance and wellbeing.
The focus of the Bootcamp was on how to improve human-centered design by incorporating information about human perception and orienting behavior, including the themes of (1) dimensionality and proportion, (2) motion and navigation, (3) embodied and enactive experience.
The Bootcamp program received the following credits from AIA: 6 Learning Units (LU) and 7.5 LU/ Health, Safety, Welfare units(HSW).
The ANFA Symposium explored how big data about people's activities in buildings offers a more empirical understanding of human-building interaction, promising better architectural design decisions (Viewable only by Members).
A focused series exploring how the design of physical spaces—especially offices—shapes human behavior, thinking, and creativity through the lens of neuroscience and architecture.
