1st Edition

Choice Architecture A new approach to behavior, design, and wellness

By Avani Parikh, Prashant Parikh Copyright 2018
130 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 49 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD*** From Vitruvius in the 1 st century BCE on, there has been an attempt to understand how architecture works, especially in its poetic aspect but also in its basic functions. Design can encourage us to walk, to experience community, to imagine new ways of being, and can affect countless other choices... Read more
Preface; Chapter 1: The Inescapable Architecture of Everyday Life; Chapter 2: A Framework for Architectural Interpretation; Chapter 3: Rational and Irrational Behavior; 4. Reflecting on Choice Architecture

Biography

Avani Parikh is an architect planner with a consulting practice in healthcare architecture. She was co-chair of the AIANY Health Facilities Committee and has also served on various nonprofit and government committees in New York and Mumbai, formulating an innovative Transfer of Development Rights proposal for Bombay’s Development Plan. She has written about and taught modern architecture, city planning, and the history and theory of healthcare design. Prashant Parikh was a Senior Research Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University. Now an independent scholar, he is a pioneer in the application of game theory to communication and meaning, and the author of three books on philosophical and linguistic semantics including Language and Equilibrium.