Congratulations to all of our UVU architecture students who presented their research projects today at the 2022 Intermountain Engineering Technology and Computing conference. 

All of their projects were produced as part of the ARC 4530 - Culture and Behavior in Architecture course taught by Prof. Brandon Ro. Many of the students used 3M's Visual Attention Software to understand how our subconscious attention is attracted to various architectural environments. From connections to nature, fractal patterns, and architectural ornament to traditional versus modern architectural languages, each project presents important findings with critical implications for the discipline.

Check out some of the research project titles below:
--Brytin Ayers - "Is Orem, Utah Faceless? Using visual processing software to evaluate the impact of architecture on a sense of place"
--Dakota Hales - "Residential Design Style Survey"
--Dylan Hare - "Studying Biophilia in Architecture: Ornament or Disgrace"
--Ian Hargrave - "Examining the Role of Art in Healthcare Architecture through Pre-Attentive Visual Processing Software and Surveys"
--Zach Haws - "Space Age vs. New Age: Provo Temple Biometric Analysis"
--Hunter Huffman - "Modern vs Traditional: A Visual Attention Study on Federal Architectural Preferences"
--Tressa Messenger - "Architectural Ornament is (not) a Crime?: Using Eye-Tracking Emulation Software to Evaluate Beauty and Interest in Architecture"
--Derek Stevens - "Using Biometric Data to Assess the Interior Design of Transitional Housing"
--Riley Winter - "Less is More or Less is a Bore? Using Eye-Tracking Emulation Software to Evaluate Architectural Complexity"