Rockfon: The Art of Human-centric Design | News | Architonic

What does this mean practically? Maximising natural light? Judicious use of colour and texture? Accommodating acoustics? Chlorophytum comosum in the corridors? It’s no doubt all of this biophilic thinking and more. ‘One of the greatest missing pieces in human-centric design, is a true appreciation of what it means to be human and how our brains, bodies and cognitions interact with our environments’ says Sophie Schuller, who is currently undertaking a PhD in ‘psychoneurophysiology and workplace design’ at the Technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands. Schuller is also invited to Rockfon’s virtual table to dig deeper into the ways we can improve human-centric office design. As a neuropsychological researcher, investigating the intersection between buildings, brains and human behaviour, she has spent years working with organisations to understand how workplace design and the built environment impact employee health, wellbeing and performance.