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Panel (led) · No. 54 · 21 October 2026
Neuroarchitecture: a panel conversation
Neuroscience + architecture: a panel conversation led by Amir at AUT's School of Future Environments

Panel (led) · 21 October 2026
Amir led a panel conversation at AUT's School of Future Environments bringing neuroscience and architecture together: how buildings and cities affect perception, cognition, emotion, wellbeing and spatial experience.
- Role
- Led the panel
- Where
- AUT School of Future Environments, Auckland
- With
- Prof Frederick Marks, Prof Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Dr Megan Burfoot, Dr Lara Tookey and others
In the photograph · Neuro-architecture: a panel conversation on neuroscience and architecture, led by Amir at AUT's School of Future Environments, 2026.
- Role
- Led the panel
- Location
- AUT School of Future Environments, Auckland
- Host
- School of Future Environments, AUT
- Panel
- Prof Frederick Marks, Prof Amir Ghaffarianhoseini, Prof Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Dr Megan Burfoot, Dr Lara Tookey and others
- Themes
- Perception, cognition, emotion, wellbeing and spatial experience
The conversation
Amir led a panel conversation at AUT's School of Future Environments bringing neuroscience and architecture together: how buildings and cities affect perception, cognition, emotion, wellbeing and spatial experience. Professor Frederick Marks, who writes the prefaces for the Neuro-cities book collection, joined the panel, with researchers and practitioners from across the School.
Selected highlights · 2016 to 2027
Amir has convened, chaired and spoken every year for more than a decade, in New Zealand and abroad. This line shows a selection.
- 2016NZAAR PutrajayaCo-founder · Co-ChairIUSGBC 2016, KLCCKeynoteNZAAR KLCo-Chair
- 2017NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteSimAUD 2017, TorontoWorkshop lead · paper
- 2018NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteCIB IB RoadmapLead author, Ch. 2
- 2019WGBW2019 pecha kuchaLed · speaker
- 2020ASA2020Co-Chair · Editor
- 2021NZGBC 2021Future Thinker awards
- 2022CIBSE IB GroupKeynoteTwo Emerald special issuesGuest Editor
- 2023USS journalFounding Editor-in-Chief
- 2024IGLC32Co-ChairSASBE2024Chair
- 2025ANFA symposiumChairDFBI2025Chair, ISCChongqingKeynoteGDI2025Co-Chair
- 2026AUT Research WeekPresenterGDI2026ChairNeuro panelLedAI in SoFELeads
- 2027GDI2027Co-Chair
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