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Multisensory Architecture: The Dynamic Interplay of Environment, Movement and Social Function
Author(s) -
Ahlquist Sean,
Ketcheson Leah,
Colombi Constanza
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2157
Subject(s) - kinesiology , architecture , autism , function (biology) , movement (music) , psychology , cognitive science , sociology , medicine , medical education , visual arts , psychiatry , aesthetics , art , biology , evolutionary biology
Early difficulties with motor skills are a common indicator of autism. Overcoming these can improve both the health and the social opportunities of those affected. Sean Ahlquist, Leah Ketcheson and Costanza Colombi – respectively academic specialists in architecture, kinesiology and psychiatry – here describe their cross‐departmental collaboration at the University of Michigan which aims to do just that, through specially designed interactive sensory environments.

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