School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Guido Francescato
Professor Emeritus of Architecture

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Published Work:

Francescato, G. Unity or Fragmentation: Is There a Center in Person-Environment Studies? Keynote address. Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the International Association of Person-Environment Studies. Metropolis 21st Century: Cities, Social Life, and Sustainable Development, Paris, 2000. Published in Moser, G., Pol, E., Bernard, Y, Bonnes, M., Corraliza, J. A., & Giuliani, M. V. (eds.) People, Places, and Sustainability. Seattle: Hogrefe & Huber, 2002.

Francescato, G. Handbook of Environmental Psychology, edited by D. Stokols and I. Altman. Environment and Behavior , Vol. 20, No. 6, pp 740-750 (extended review), 1988.

Francescato, G. Paradigm Lost: Exploring Possibilities in Environmental Design Research and Practice, in Hardie, G. Changing Paradigms , Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, Washington: EDRA, 1989.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J., and Chenoweth, R. Impossible Dreams, Unrealizable Hopes? in Ward, L. (ed.) The Behavioral Basis of Design , Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1976

Presentations:

Francescato, G. "Environmental Psychology and Architectural Problems" First Regional Congress of Psychology for Professionals in the Americas , Mexico D.F., Mexico, 1997.

Francescato, G. "La valutazione dell'ambiente costruito nella prospettiva degli utilizzatori; problemi di metodo e risultati di ricerca", ("Built environment evaluation from the users' point of view: methods and results"), School of Psychology, La Sapienza University , Rome, Italy. December 5, 1995.

Francescato, G. "La collaborazione tra architetti e psicologi nella valutazione dell'ambiente residenziale", ("Collaboration between architects and psychologists in the evaluation of the residential environment"), School of Psychology, La Sapienza University , Rome, Italy. December 4, 1955.

Francescato, G. "Strategic Planning for Urban Improvement in Bratislava-Petrzalka", Office of the Mayor of Petrzalka , Slovak Republic, November 27-29, 1995.

Francescato, G., Anderson, J.R., and Weidemann, S. "Accounting for the Affective Dimension in Environmental Satisfaction". 23rd International Congress of Applied Psychology , Madrid, Spain, 1994.

Francescato, G. "Power, Knowledge and Design: Kulturkampf Revisited?" 24th Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association , Chicago, 1993.

Francescato, G. "Office Design Implications of Building-in-Use Assessment". National IDEC Conference , Arlington, VA, 1991.

Francescato, G. "Evaluating Office Environmental Quality; An Expanded Application of Vischer's Building-in-Use Assessment". 22nd Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association , Oaxtepec, Mexico, 1991.