Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, we discover how modern, ugly buildings can hurt our health in various ways. We speak with Ann Sussman of the HAPI and Alexandros Lavdas of EURAC in Bolzano and discover a world of neuroscience, eye tracking and neuroaestethics research that could change the way how we think about architecture.

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Special thanks to Ann Sussman and Alexandros Lavdas for their time and help in creating this video.

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©️ Attribution & copyright info:

Volker Springel / Max Planck Institute For Astrophysics, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

🎶 Music:

MusicFalls - Classy & Sassy: FX1SGN52MMWDLA4R
Falls - Artificial: FHEBGHHXCUGSZP0B
Falls - Fluidity: CUZNFDNJ0Z7FRTYTMoments - Glass Corridors: DL9ZKD2WPOKSWNJC

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📖 Chapters:

1:43 Eye Tracking
3:18 Why Detail Matters
4:14 Pareidolia & Why Faces Matter
5:46 Fractals
6:57 The Danger of Parallel Lines
8:20 Walking
9:43 The Influence of Beauty
11:19 Architectural Beauty
12:08 The Dangers of Ugliness
13:16 What Does This All Mean?
14:23 Beauty Only For the Rich?
15:15 The Good News