1st Edition

People and Spaces Experiences, Ethics, and Intent

Edited By Tamie Glass, Lindsay T. Graham Copyright 2025
318 Pages 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 119 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

People and Spaces: Experience, Ethics, and Intent examines the dynamic relationship between built environments and human behavior in today's rapidly evolving world. Co-edited by a designer and a psychologist, this interdisciplinary collection reveals how the spaces we inhabit shape and reflect our self-expression, social structures and cultural values. Drawing on diverse perspectives, case... Read more

Part I. Introducing People and Spaces

Part II. Shaping Experiences

1. Re-examining Taste in Design: Integrating Pragmatics, Symbols, and Aesthetics
Galen Cranz and Chelsea Rushton

2. From the Sublime to the Vertiginous: The Psychology of Awe-chitecture
Hanna Negami and Colin Ellard

3. Designing Meaningful Environments Post-Darwin: How Spaces Affect Perceptions & Behaviors
Kerry L. Marsh, Benjamin R. Meagher, and Cassidy J. Burt

4. Exploring Place Potential: Understanding Purpose, Perception and Activation
Susan Sung Eun Chung

5. Spatial Politics
Kevin Nute

6. Architecture as Platformed Places and Mediators of Data Exchange
Leah Scolere

Part III. Considering Ethics

7. BYOE – Bring Your Own Ethics
An interview with George Aye

8. Design is Service to the People.
Kia Weatherspoon

9. Social Justice through Inclusive Design in the Built Environment
Ileana Rodriguez

10. Big Data, Big Insights: Data Driven Design for Desired Outcomes
David Euscher

11. #WeCantUnknowThis: Design and Climate Change
Janice Barnes

12. The Urgency of Biophilia as an Integrated Approach in the Face of Climate Change
Judith Heerwagen

Part IV. Crafting Intent

13. Getting to Know Clo
Kit Elsworth, Billie Faircloth, Ryan Welch, and Rod Bates

14. Person and Condition Centered Design
Dak Kopec

15. Creating Optimal Learning Environments: A Case Study of Alexandria Country Day School's Classroom Renovation
Ellen Fisher and Scott Baytosh

16. Designing a value-based (health) care experience
Diana Siebenaler

17. Design R[E]volution: Rethinking People and the Built Environment
Susan Sung Eun Chung, Whitney Austin Gray, and So-Yeon Yoon

18. When Sparks Fly: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Across Disciplines
An interview with Richard Corsi

Part V. Reflecting Forward

Conclusion

Biography

Tamie Glass is an award-winning designer, author, and educator specializing in enhancing human experiences through design. As an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, she directs the Master of Arts in Design focused on Health Program. Her first book, Prompt: Socially Engaging Objects and Environments, explores psychosocial interaction within spaces. NCIDQ certified, she also maintains a design consultancy.

Lindsay T. Graham is a personality and social psychologist, psychometrician, and researcher based in the United States. She specializes in the measurement of groups and individuals in virtual and built space, and the ways in which design can support people as they select, craft, and manipulate their daily environments to best fit their lives.