People and Spaces explores our relationship with our environments, unveiling the unique ways that built environments and human behavior interact in todays rapidly evolving world and climate.
People and Spaces explores our relationship with our environments, unveiling the unique ways that built environments and human behavior interact in todays rapidly evolving world and climate.
Co-edited by a designer and a psychologist, this book brings together diverse perspectives and voices working at this intersection to reveal how built environments influence our daily lives from, the ways we express ourselves, to the structure of our societies, and even global landscape. By showcasing a range of viewpoints, case studies, and innovative research,?People and Spaces?equips readers in any discipline with knowledge to enhance human-centric spaces in meaningful ways. Through a blend of essays and expert insights, readers will explore the significance of intentional and interdisciplinary approaches to design and research and gain practical guidance for creating supportive and sustainable environments.
This book is relevant to a broad audience, including scholars, professionals, and students in architecture, interior design, psychology, and related fields, as well as industry practitioners interested in the intersection of built environments and human experience. It is an essential resource for those seeking to understand and influence the dynamic relationship between people and space.
Part I. Introducing People and Spaces Part II. Shaping Experiences An
Integrated Model of Taste in Design: Pragmatism, Symbolism, and Aesthetics:
The PSA Model for a Foundational Re-examination of Taste in Design
2. From
the Sublime to the Vertiginous: The Psychology of Awe-chitecture
3. Designing
Meaningful Environments Post-Darwin: How Spaces Affect Perceptions &
Behaviors
4. Exploring Place Potential: Understanding Purpose, Perception and
Activation
5. Spatial Politics
6. Architecture as Platformed Places and
Mediators of Data Exchange Part III. Considering Ethics
7. BYOE Bring Your
Own Ethics
8. Design is Service to the People.
9. Social Justice through
Inclusive Design in the Built Environment
10. Big Data, Big Insights: Data
Driven Design for Desired Outcomes
11. #WeCantUnknowThis: Design and Climate
Change
12. The Urgency of Biophilia as an Integrated Approach in the Face of
Climate Change Part IV. Crafting Intent
13. Getting to Know Clo
14. Person
and Condition Centered Design
15. Creating Optimal Learning Environments: A
Case Study of Alexandria Country Day School's Classroom Renovation
16.
Designing a value-based (health) care experience
17. Design R[ E]volution:
Rethinking People and the Built Environment
18. When Sparks Fly: The
Challenges and Rewards of Working Across Disciplines Part V. Reflecting
Forward Conclusion
Tamie Glass is an award-winning designer, author, and educator specializing in enhancing human experiences through design. As an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, she directs the Master of Arts in Design focused on Health Program. Her first book, Prompt: Socially Engaging Objects and Environments, explores psychosocial interaction within spaces. NCIDQ certified, she also maintains a design consultancy.
Lindsay T. Graham is a personality and social psychologist, psychometrician, and researcher based in the United States. She specializes in the measurement of groups and individuals in virtual and built space, and the ways in which design can support people as they select, craft, and manipulate their daily environments to best fit their lives.
