1st Edition

Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture

282 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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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