ARCHITECTURE AND WELL-BEING By Abiola Noibi 4159588
WHERE DID IT START?
IDEAS OF...
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/public-health-architecture-impact-wellbeing http://www.torontostandard.com/the-sprawl/architectures-health-risk http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jan/03/architecture.communities http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/10/18/review-architecture-as-crime-control-by-neal-katyal/
- Built environment feeling vs function - Architecture influencing societal factors - Urban Planning as crime prevention - User- orientated places - Sick Buildings - Cultural/ economic influences in architecture - Architectural influence on public dimension - Architectural atmospheres - Prioritising peoples experiences - Maggy centres - End user campaigh - Reevaluating architectural design values (social) - Function orientated architecture..
WHERE IS IT GOING?
DEFINING THE QUESTION/ TITLE...
*Exploring the role of well-being in architecture* *To what extent does well-being infulence architecture?* *What is the role of well-being in architecture or built environment?* QUESTION
RESEARCH
DEFINING PARAMETERS OF WELL-BEING IN ARCHITECTURE... Well-being is defined as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’(www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-being)
SLEEP
METHOD OUTLOOK ON LIFE
PRESENT FINDINGS
FUNCTIONAL
SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
CASE STUDIES
“The Role of well-being in the definition of Architecture”?
PUBLIC SPACES RATIONAL
OBJECT
BUILT AND UNBUILT ENVIRONMENT
WELL-BEING AIR QUALITY
EXERCISE DIET
END USER GUIDE
LIGHT
ADEQUATE FINANCE
Parameters? 1) Social Integration 2) Engagement
EASE OF MOBILITY
ARCHITECTURE MATERIALS
SOUND QUALITY
CONNECTIONS TO NATURE
3) Integration of art 4) Connections to nature
FINANCES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT USER-BASED
5) Senses
THE ROLE OF WELL-BEING IN THE DEFINITION OF ARCHITECTURE By Abiola Noibi 4159588
ABSTRACT 19/10/13 It Is fascinating to understand as an architect or designer, the way the built environment is designed physically can change the way the user mentally processes and behaves inside it. Challenging conomic circumstance, culture and societal ‘norms’ is what this paper will be exploring by examining the extent of the relationship between mental and physical well-being and architecture, and the reason for it . ‘Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.’ But how do we as users know what exactly they are saying? This paper questions why buildings are aesthetically the way they are, according to the purpose they serve. Creating an economically and environmentally sustainable space is always emphasized, however how emotinally sustainable are these spaces for the users of today and tomorrow. Architects are constantly being challenged because functionality overpowers feeling made by a space. Through research this paper aims to create a rough, end user-based design guide on the important factors that should be emphasized when creating architecture with meaning and feeling.
RESEARCH ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PRINCIPLES/ VALUES “SOCIAL DESIGN VALUES” 1 SOCIAL CHANGE This design value can be described as a commitment to change society for the better through architec ture and industrial design. It is closely connected and associated with political movements and subse quent building programs. Architects and industrial designers that are committed to the design value of social change often see their work as a tool for transforming the built environment and those who live in it. 2 CONSULTANT AND PARTICIPANT Heavily user-participation based design values. Based on meeting social needs and effectively using resources. Users should be influencing the design process and aware of such consequences while provid ing relevant information to designers and architects. 3 CRIME PREVENTION This design value is based on the belief that the built environment can be manipulated to reduce crime levels, which is attempted accomplished through three main strategies that are: defensible space, crime prevention through environmental design and situational crime prevention. 4 ‘THIRD WORLD’
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES? “WHEN BUILDINGS DONT WORK” GARY W EVANS AND JANETTA MCCOY, 1998
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THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH, GARY W EVANS, 2003