1st Edition
The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing
By Ben Channon
Copyright 2022
232 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
232 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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If you were to design a building that prioritises occupants’ happiness, what would it look like? How would the materials, form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? Delving into the evidenced-based research on architecture and mental wellbeing, The Happy Design Toolkit helps you to create happier places. It explores how factors, such as lighting, comfort, control over our... Read more
Introduction & How to use this book
1. Light, natural and artificial
2. Comfort and materials
3. Control and autonomy
4. Nature and biophilia
5. Aesthetics and legibility
6. Activity and exercise
7. Social interaction, community and sense of place
Conclusion
Biography
Ben Channon is an architect specialising in designing healthy buildings. He is author of Happy by Design: A Guide to Architecture and Wellbeing (2019, RIBA Publishing), a Director at design-for-wellbeing consultancy Ekkist, and co-founder of the Architects’ Mental Wellbeing Forum.
