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.

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

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

chapter CHAPTER 20|12 pages

Identifying and managing value

chapter CHAPTER 21|6 pages

Measuring value

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion