1st Edition
Environmental Design for Health A Framework and Visual Guide
1. Introduction to Environmental Design for Health
Xuemei Zhu
2. Theories for Environmental Design for Health
Xuemei Zhu, Seokyung Park, and Connie Lin
3. Design for Physical Health
Xuemei Zhu, Sungmin Lee, and Chanam Lee
4. Design for Mental and Behavioral Health
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley and Rebecca Lauren Ames
5. Design for Social Health
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley and Karen Joyce
6. Design for Healing
D. Kirk Hamilton, Debajyoti Pati, and Seyedehnastaran Hashemi
7. Design for Active Living
Xuemei Zhu
8. Design for Environmental Justice
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley and Taft Cleveland
9. Design for Health across the Lifespan: Children and Older Adults
Zhipeng Lu and Lingyi Qiu
10. Emerging Technologies in Design for Health
Zhipeng Lu and Parya Khandan
11. Health by Design: Integrating Design and Research for a Healthier Future
Xuemei Zhu, Lingyi Qiu, and Seokyung Park
Biography
Xuemei Zhu is a Professor of Architecture and the holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, & Joseph Sprague, FAIA, Chair in Health Facilities Design at Texas A&M University. She is also a Fellow of the Center for Health Systems & Design and a Presidential Impact Fellow. Her scholarship investigates the impacts of the built environment on public health, with a specific focus on active living research and evidence-based design for health promotion.
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, BA, MArch, MA, DArch, is an Architect and Emerita Professor at Cornell University. FAIA and FACHA (emerita), WELL, LEED, and EDAC certified, she has authored seven books. Mardelle received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Architects and the Changemaker Award from the Center for Health Design.
Zhipeng Lu is an Assistant Professor and the Julie & Craig Beale Professor in Health Facilities Design in the Department of Architecture and the Associate Director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M University. He coordinates the Secretariat of the International Union of Architects–Public Health Group. He received the 2023 HCD10 Educator Award from the Healthcare Design Magazine.
