First Writing On It's Way

2014-04-22T17:06:58-04:00

Hi Everyone,

As the semester is coming to a close I have been far busier than I had anticipated I would. I've been contemplating what the content of this blog will be, and in my last post I said I would be comparing psychological papers/articles to architecture, but I think that is going to change. I would still like to keep the content of this blog related to the world of clinical psychology, but I would also like to spark discussion on architectural theory provoked by thoughts of psychology.

The title of my first writing will be, "How We Experience People and Space."

Coming Soon..

"Differences tend to create their own species." - Louis Kahn, 1961

The First Post

2014-04-01T12:53:00-04:00

Hi Archinect and The World

Welcome to PsyArch

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I am Jared Lussier, an architecture/psychology student at the University of Maine at Augusta, and I will be the author of this blog.

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About myself:

I am 20 years old and currently enrolled in the B.Arch program at UMA with a minor in psychology concentrating on environmental psychology and proxemics. Next year I will be the president of the AIAS Chapter at UMA. My love for architecture comes from the desire to understand how spaces affect human behavior and emotion, and how architects can use this knowledge to make the world a better and healthier place. I also have an interest in historic preservation/restoration. I sit on the board of a development group in my hometown, Lewiston, ME. Our biggest success has been in saving a 100 year old Albert Kahn building, which we are now working on restoring. I am also a founder/editor of a local newspaper. For a living I load trucks early in the morning at FedEx (and am fortunate enough to be...

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First Writing On It's Way

The First Post