2024-11-23T21:19:11-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149968040/brain-space-one-to-one-37-with-michael-arbib-former-vice-president-of-the-academy-of-neuroscience-for-architecture Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-09-12T17:37:00-04:00 >2016-09-16T00:02:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yr/yr8vxwz6g2ydd7cj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For nearly 30 years, Michael Arbib taught computer science, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, and mathematics at the University of Southern California, and is known for his prolific work on brains and computers: essentially, what the mechanisms of one can teach us about how the other works. Gathering together all aspects of his work, he&rsquo;s sharpened his focus on the connection between architecture and neuroscience, and developed the concept of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/123062835/archinect-s-lexicon-neuromorphic-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">neuromorphic architecture</a>.</p><p>He is now associated with the <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/5308106/newschool-of-architecture-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NewSchool for Architecture and Design</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/works/2790184/university-of-california-san-diego" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UC San Diego</a>, and has played a major role in the <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/111205340/aftershock-4-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-neuroscientific-architecture-research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture</a>, based in La Jolla, California. We spoke about the Academy&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.anfarch.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">upcoming conference</a>, and what architecture practice can realistically take from neuroscientific research.</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a>&nbsp;#37 with&nbsp;<strong>Michael Arbib</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neil-denari/id1057340260?i=356797877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen&nbsp;and subscribe to the new&nbsp;"Archinect Sessions One-to-One" podcast</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscri...</li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/123062835/archinect-s-lexicon-neuromorphic-architecture Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-03-16T20:28:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ag/agjo16sl8x6nno10.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong>neuromorphic</strong>&nbsp;[n&#650;&#601;r o&#650;&nbsp;m&ocirc;rf ik]&nbsp;<strong>architecture:&nbsp;</strong>in the words of Dr. Michael Arbib at the 2014 <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/111205340/aftershock-4-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-neuroscientific-architecture-research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture</a> conference:&nbsp;&ldquo;what happens if architecture incorporates in itself some of the lessons of the brain. If, in a sense, you give a brain to a building.&rdquo;</p><p>Arbib, professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience and Psychology (among others) at USC, first formally proposed the term in a 2012 paper for&nbsp;<em>Intelligent Buildings International</em>:&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17508975.2012.702863#abstract" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brains, machines and buildings: towards a neuromorphic architecture</a>". The abstract for the paper explains the intent behind such neuromorphic architecture as: "exploring ways to incorporate lessons from studying real, biological brains to devise computational systems based on the findings of neuroscience that can be used in intelligent buildings". The paper continues with the argument that, under the premise that future buildings will be "perceiving, acting and adapting entities," neuroscientific research will lend a degree of empir...</p>