ABSTRACT
Human response to architecture is usually based on subjective emotions. Neuroscientists have found that distinctive processes occur in our brain that affect our emotions and our health. This research raises the problematic of sensory depreciation in spaces, affecting negatively the user’s emotions and behaviors, taking the Beirut Central District – BCD, Lebanon as an urban area to study. It will focus on overlaying people’s senses and emotions, examined by a questionnaire while visiting the selected area, on a geographical map, to evaluate the urban environment and its influence on the human experience, identifying it through a new type of map that focuses on human physiological emotions. The enhancement or stimulation of human senses in the urban space shows a positive feedback and influence to support better human experience and attachment to the environment.
