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 aims to raise 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.
Introduction
Part
1. The Origins of Wellbeing
Part
2. Aesthetic
Issues Affecting Wellbeing
Introduction
1.
Colour Psychology
2.
Shapes and Volumes
3.
Art In Hospitals,
4.
Wellbeing and Materials
Part
3. Physical
Issues Affecting Wellbeing
Introduction,
5. The Effects of the Internal Environmental
Factors on People
6.
Daylighting Design for Health and Wellbeing:
Evidence and Prospects
7.
Light and Wellbeing
8.
Acoustic Design Quality
9.
Indoor Air Quality
Part
4. Operational
Issues Affecting Wellbeing
Introduction
10.
Measuring Wellbeing
11.
Delivering a Design for Wellbeing
Part
5. User
Experience Through Spaces
12.
A User-Centred Guide to Workspace Wellbeing
13.
Designing for the Senses
Part
6. Commercial Issues Around a Design Supporting Wellbeing
Introduction
14.
The Business Case for Wellbeing in Interiors
Conclusion
Glossary
Further
Reading
About The
Feeling Good Foundation
References
Elina Grigoriou is a London-based Interior Designer, sustainability specialist and wellbeing expert. With 18 years' experience in the global commercial interior design sector, Elina works at the heart of the latest industry developments and initiatives regarding sustainability, partnering with national and global institutions to drive and support collaborative approaches for systemic change.
