What can neuroscience reveal about how we experience architecture? An interview with Vittorio Gallese.

At Noumen Studio, we explore how insights from neuroscience, phenomenology, and environmental psychology can inform architectural design. After both speaking at the Atmospheres and Architectonics conference at MOME Budapest, Noumen Studio co-founder Ákos Orbán had the opportunity to sit down with Vittorio Gallese, a pioneering figure in cognitive neuroscience and co-discoverer of mirror neurons.

In this conversation, they discuss how spatial perception, movement, and emotion interact with built environments—and how neuroscience can offer architects valuable insights into the way spaces are experienced. This concept was also central to Ákos’s presentation at the conference, where he explored how neuroarchitecture can provide a more nuanced, research-driven approach to design.

Watch the full conversation below.