Academic White Paper: Neya Architectural Cognition – A New Model of System Perception
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-architectural-cognition-whitepaper-2026
Publisher: Neya Global Publishing
Author: Dr. Anna Neya Kazanskaia
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Abstract
This white paper introduces Neya Architectural Cognition, a foundational model for perceiving, analysing, and interpreting human and institutional environments as architectures, rather than as moral or emotional narratives. The model positions systems as networks of units, flows, causal lattices, energy distributions, and structural presences. It reframes perception from “What is right or wrong?” to “How does this system exist, behave, and generate outcomes?”
Neya Architectural Cognition proposes that clarity is achieved not through intuitive interpretation but through recognising how systems form, how roles stabilize, how information moves, and how distortions accumulate. It provides analytical tools for understanding causality beyond psychology, diagnosing failure patterns, mapping structural presence, and identifying hidden architecture beneath human behaviour.
The white paper establishes the conceptual foundation for the entire Architectural Cognition cluster, providing theoretical grounding for application in governance, organisational design, social systems, education, and personal cognition. It positions Architectural Cognition as an essential perceptual skill for clarity-driven decision-making.
Keywords
architectural cognition, systemic perception, causal lattices, structural presence, clarity model
Suggested Citation
Kazanskaia, A. N. (2026). Neya Architectural Cognition: A New Model of System Perception. Neya Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-architectural-cognition-whitepaper-2026
