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Parallels between the brain and architecture

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At a first glance neuroscience and architecture seem to be fields that are worlds apart, one from science and the other from the world of arts. But on a second look, one might find a connection, however slim, between the two said fields. Loosely put, architecture refers to buildings and built up spaces. More deeply, architecture refers to the form of those built up spaces, the interrelationships of various parts of that form. In that respect architecture comes close to the field of geometry. But an important aspect of architecture that distinguishes it from the purely objective and mathematical study of form which geometry embodies, is the question of the aesthetics of form. The reference to aesthetics immediately brings in the mind of the viewer since that is exactly where beauty is appreciated. Just one more step leads us to the brain since, the brain as an organ in the substrate for all mental activity. The effect of architecture or built up spaces on the though