The Aesthetic City

#55 - Alexandros Lavdas: Why Our Brains (& Bodies) Need Beautiful Cities

December 4, 2025·49 min
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Alexandros Lavdas is a is neuroscientist, a tenured Senior Researcher at Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy and head of Psychology at Webster University, Athens Campus, Greece. He is also member of the board of directors of the Human Architecture and Planning Institute. He holds a PhD from University College London (UCL) and has worked at UCL and the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens. He has worked extensively in nervous system development and regeneration, and is especially interested in examining elements of visual organized complexity, such as those found in nature and pre-modern architecture, and exploring their physiological and neural correlates.======== JOIN OUR COURSE: https://www.aestheticcity.academy/products/courses/aesthetic-city-academyJoin the #1 email list about making better places:https://the-aesthetic-city.kit.com/signup======For more information on The Aesthetic City, find our website on https://theaestheticcity.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@the_aesthetic_city Follow us on X: https://x.com/_Aesthetic_City Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.aesthetic.city/ Substack: https://theaestheticcity.substack.com/

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