Preface 1. Introduction: Environmental Comfort and Beyond Boon Lay Ong 2. Sensory Pleasure and Homeostasis Michel Cabanac 3. Consciousness, Well-being and the Senses Derek Clements-Croome 4. Cultural Responses to Primitive Needs Nick V. Baker 5. Acoustical Aesthetics, Sound and Space Harold A. Marshall 6. Existential Comfort: Lived Space and Architecture Juhani Pallasmaa 7. Airport Restrooms: Outdoor Environment Indoor Space Boon Lay Ong 8. The Poetics of Environment Dean Hawkes 9. Why Does the Environment Matter? Derek Clements-Croome 10. Biophilia, Topophilia and Home Boon Lay Ong 11. Green Pleasures Constance Classen Index
Biography
Boon Lay Ong currently teaches Environmentally Sustainable Design as course subjects and design studio at the University of Melbourne in Australia. He is also noted for developing the Green Plot Ratio, a sustainability metric that is used in Singapore to encourage greenery density.
"It is an eclectic collection of essays but in that I find its strength, there is so much potential for extension from this leading edge presented so candidly by each author." — Dr Dominique Hes, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne University
