The Meditative
A mind calmed by depth, not variety.
You think before you speak. You prefer one good chair to five new ones. You read a book twice before starting a third.
Read full description →Four ways
your mind asks
to live.
Cross your temperament with your dominant sense and one of four spatial archetypes emerges. Each calls for a different ceiling, light, geometry, material.
Take the test (free)The Meditative
A mind calmed by depth, not variety.
The Creative
A mind that needs variation to feel alive.
The Dynamic
A mind calmed by width and contact.
The Restorative
A mind calmed by intimacy and the senses people forget.
The Creative
A mind that needs variation to feel alive.
You see things other people miss. You jump from one idea to the next. Your mood follows the weather.
Read full description →The Dynamic
A mind calmed by width and contact.
You move first and think second. You like company. You find empty rooms slightly suspicious.
Read full description →The Restorative
A mind calmed by intimacy and the senses people forget.
You take care of others before yourself. You notice details people do not talk about. You smell the rain before you see it.
Read full description →Personality
is not enough.
Personality typing alone is not enough to design a house with. Knowing whether someone is introverted or extroverted tells you almost nothing about ceiling height, light, geometry, or material, which are the dimensions the brain actually responds to.
The archetype is a cross of two axes: a temperament axis (inward / outward) and a sensory axis (which sense organizes your day). The cross produces four kinds of nervous system, each calmed by a specific combination of architectural ingredients.
The book gives you the long version. The test gives you the fast version. The cabin catalog gives you a built version. They all point at the same thing: a room that fits you specifically rather than one that tries to fit everyone vaguely.
Read more in The Architecture of You.