Talking Headways Podcast: Designing Ninja-Proof Seats
This week, we’re joined by Lily Bernheimer, a Streetsblog alum, about her book "The Shaping of Us: How Every Day Spaces Structure our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being."
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Jeff Wood
12:57 PM EDT on September 12, 2019
This week, we’re joined by Lily Bernheimer of Space Works Consulting. Bernheimer, a Streetsblog/Open Plans Alum, talks to us about her book “The Shaping of Us: How Every Day Spaces Structure our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being.” She talks about her research in Environmental Psychology and how human beings have evolved in order to respond to our physical environment. Listen in to learn about ninja-proof seats, mystery-novel models of building, and more on biophilia and human connections to nature.
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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