ABSTRACT
This 4-colour practical guide explores how the design of interior spaces impacts wellbeing. In the built environment, this topic is generally overlooked, even though it is one of the most important topics in sustainable building. This book will enable project teams to understand how specific decisions about sustainable design and materials can be implemented on a day to day basis. Each Part ends by placing each issue into context, exploring how it is a part of sustainable design and includes practical examples. This books raises awareness of the impact interior environments have on wellbeing, and provide details and guidance on how to immediately apply the knowledge in this book to short and long term projects. It also quantifies the impacts in financial and other value terms, making this book immediately useful in a designer's day-to-day work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|16 pages
Philosophy: Prerequisites and Outputs of Wellbeing
chapter CHAPTER 1|7 pages
Prerequisites of wellbeing
chapter CHAPTER 2|8 pages
Outputs of wellbeing
part 2|38 pages
Design in Practice: Delivering a Design for Wellbeing
chapter CHAPTER 3|21 pages
Knowing the users
chapter CHAPTER 4|4 pages
Existing buildings and priorities
chapter CHAPTER 5|7 pages
Designing user experience
chapter CHAPTER 6|5 pages
Design characteristics and issues affecting wellbeing
part 3|62 pages
Design in Practice: Aesthetic Issues Affecting Wellbeing
chapter CHAPTER 7|3 pages
Elegance/elegant
chapter CHAPTER 8|7 pages
Balanced or symmetrical
chapter CHAPTER 9|10 pages
Colour and the psychology behind it
chapter CHAPTER 10|3 pages
Repetition and patterns
chapter CHAPTER 11|14 pages
Shapes, volumes and proportions
chapter CHAPTER 12|3 pages
Symbolism
chapter CHAPTER 13|11 pages
The use of artwork in interiors
chapter CHAPTER 14|9 pages
Materials and textures
part 4|56 pages
Design in Practice: Physical Issues affecting Wellbeing
chapter CHAPTER 15|15 pages
Interior atmosphere
chapter CHAPTER 16|12 pages
Illumination and light design
chapter CHAPTER 17|12 pages
Space planning
chapter CHAPTER 18|7 pages
Acoustic design
chapter CHAPTER 19|7 pages
Operational issues
part 5|23 pages
Value in practice: Measuring Wellbeing