Designing Using Local Concepts
A transit case study highlights the value of using locally meaningful concepts during the design process.
Navigating Cities
Understanding an area's layout and being able to see more of it helps with navigation.
Responses to Products (and Places)
People respond to places and things intellectually, emotionally, and with varying degrees of pleasure.
All Whites Are Not the Same
People have different emotional responses to various white-based shades.
Restoration in Urban Forests and Woodlands
Is there a specific component of urban forests and woodlands that increases their restorative value?
Why People Move From One Floor to Another in a Shopping Center
Stairways matter.
European Architecture and Its Lessons on Restoration of Attention
The right urban environments can be restorative.
Introversion and Experience
Introverts, spaces, and sensory processing—what's the link?
Vision and Older Eyes
Older people and younger people don’t see color in the same way.
Urban Zen in a New York Hospital
A pilot project evaluates the impact of a multifaceted ‘optimal healing environment’ intervention.