Human-Centred Design

Spatial Cognition and Hyper-Morphology

Hee Sun Choi

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Palgrave Macmillan
25 November 2025

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Architecture; Landscape art & architecture; Regional government; Human geography

This book discusses how people experience and inhabit high-density and high-rise urban environments, drawing on current literature about the psychological, physical, and environmental health impacts. It brings a novel exploration of the evolving definitions of space and new ways of socializing within vertical urban settings, coupled with a cutting-edge approach focused on applying neuroscience principles to urban design. International case studies from Singapore, Seoul, and Hong Kong convey useful lessons for the urban design and morphology of high-density cities.

By: Hee Sun Choi
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9789819508983
ISBN 10: 9819508983
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 25 November 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part I - Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 From Vertical to Volumetric.- Chapter 3 Lived Experiences in the High-Rise Vertical and Volumetric City.- Chapter 4 New Definitions of Space; New Ways of Socialise or New Social Settings.- Chapter 5 Vertical and Volumetric Urban Design Principles and Framework.- Part II - Chapter 6 Micro-Scale Interior Public Realms and Spaces.- Chapter 7 Meso Scale Interior Public Realms and Spaces.- Chapter 8 Findings; An Emotional and Spatial Cognition Correlation Index for Assessing KPIs.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.

Hee Sun Choi is an Assistant Professor at the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Her research centres around public space, urban morphology, hyper-morphology and AI in vertical urbanism as design tools and research methods. She is also a founding partner of Choi-Comer Asia Ltd., an interior & architecture and urban design practice and research lab in Hong Kong, the Chair person for Media and Publications for the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design and the Chief-Editor and Creator of its online Journal Urbanie & Urbanus.