“Review of Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces: Contemplative Landscapes“, Ariel Evan Mayse, Stanford University

Reviewed by Ariel Evan Mayse, this review explores how urban green spaces can promote mental well-being through intentional design informed by neuroscience, as discussed by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo in Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces: Contemplative
Landscapes, published in 2023. The book introduces the Contemplative Landscape Model, a framework identifying seven features that enhance contemplative experiences in built environments. Mayse discusses why the book is a significant contribution to the field of Contemplative Studies, and what more there is to be done.

Keywords: Contemplative Architecture and Landscapes, Design, green spaces, Urban Policy and Planning, built environment, Neuroscience

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.57010/CDAP8853