Wellbeing in Interiors

Part 4Design in Practice: Physical Issues affecting Wellbeing

1. Chapter 15: Interior atmosphere
2. Chapter 16: Illumination and light design
3. Chapter 17: Space planning
4. Chapter 18: Acoustic design
5. Chapter 19: Operational issues

All interior environments are affected by a number of chemical and physical based features beyond the typical subjects of colour and patterns, and if you have ever felt too cold in a room or sleepy during a meeting, you will have personal experience of these. Of course one person’s ‘too cold’ is another person ‘perfect’, so how do we know what good design is which supports occupant wellbeing? The tailoring of what we refer to as ...