TY - JOUR AU - Sabir, Beste PY - 2020/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Effects of Restorative Environments on Creativity in Case of Architecture Education JF - EAAE Annual Conference Proceedings JA - EAAE ACP VL - IS - SE - The Place DO - 10.51588/eaaeacp.65 UR - https://publishings.eaae.be/index.php/annual_conference/article/view/65 SP - 242-257 AB - <p>Creativity is a mental process, and cognitive psychology has focused on this subject, especially in the last century. While neuroscience concentrates on creative processes; new data emerges. When we consider architectural production as a creative process, the "free association REST thinking mode" focuses on the principle of free circulating thought, allowing relaxation and free-thinking to lead to new connections (creative moments) in the brain. The paper aims to focus on how spaces affect the creative process in case of architectural education, production, and creation. If REST mode — as relaxation, meditation, and awareness — supports the process of creation, how do restorative (calming, meditative) spaces and environments affect this process as well? With this approach, students will be questioned with quantitative methods to collect data about the effects of faculty and meditative environments on the creative process.</p> ER -