1st Edition
Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture
Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture presents a new approach to architectural programming that includes sustainability, neuroscience and human factors. This volume of contributions from noted architects and academics makes the case for rethinking the practices of programming and planning to incorporate evidence-based design, systems thinking and a deeper understanding of our evolutionary nature.
These 18 original essays highlight how human and environmental health are closely related and should be incorporated as mutually reinforcing goals in every design project. Together, these chapters describe the framework for a new paradigm of building performance and design of the human experience.
Programming—the stage at which research is conducted and goals established—provides an opportunity to examine potential impacts and to craft strategies for wellbeing in new buildings and renovations using the latest scientific methods. This book expands the scope of the programming process and provides essential guidance for sustainable practice and the advancement of wellbeing in the built environment for architecture and interiors students, practitioners, instructors and academics.
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
Human Factors
1 Programming Interior Environments: Human Experience, Health and Wellbeing
J. Davis Harte, PhD and Laura Regrut, IIDA, ASID
2 Biophilia & Human Health
A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
3 Beauty is…
Donald H. Ruggles AIA, NCARB, ICAA, ANFA
4 Stress
J. Davis Harte, PhD
Buildings
5 Programming for People
Keely Menezes, MPH
6 Empathetic Programming to Foster Inclusion
Robin Z. Puttock, RA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
7 Programming for Effective Learning
Laura A. Wernick FAIA, REFP, LEED AP and Erika Eitland, MPH, ScD
8 Programming for WELL Certification on a University Campus
Robin Z. Puttock, RA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP & Angela Loder, PhD, WELL AP
Streetscapes
9 Placemaking: Programming Urbanism for Human Engagement
Robert S. Tullis AIA
10 Programming for the Subliminal Brain: Biometric Tools Reveal Architecture’s Biological Impact
Justin Hollander, PhD, Gideon Spanjar, PhD, Ann Sussman AIA, Frank Suurenbrock PhD, Mengfei Wang
11 The Future of Codes and the Architecture Profession
A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
Region
12 Programming in the Bioregion
Philip Norton Loheed AIA, NCARB, Assoc ASLA with A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
13 Regenerative Development and Design: Nature and Healing
Bill Reed AIA with A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
14 Programming for Human Health in a Challenged Climate
John Gravelin, Ellie Hoyt & Jim Newman
15 The Post-Pandemic City
Lawrence A. Chan FAIA
Commissioning
16 Programming and Commissioning: A Bookend Approach to Evidence-based Design
A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
17 Life Enhancing Habitats: Biophilia, Patterns and Wholeness
Gregory Crawford
18 Evaluating the Success of Architectural Design
C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., MD, MUS
Conclusion
A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA
Biography
Keely Menezes, MPH uses public health frameworks to emphasize design as a tool for population wellness. She is a writer, artist, and interior designer based on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Pamela de Oliveira-Smith is a Boston-based writer, editor and creative director.
A.Vernon Woodworth FAIA is Life Safety & Code Consulting Service Leader at Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates, Inc., in Woburn, MA and a member of the Faculty at the Boston Architectural College. He serves as Secretary to the Human Architecture and Planning Institute, inc. (theHAPi.org), a non-profit devoted to improving the user experience in the built environment.
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