Seating in Healthcare Environments
Can the position of hospital room chairs affect a patient's perception of care?
Can the position of hospital room chairs affect a patient's perception of care?
Seeing a prairie-style green roof helps employees restock mental energy.
Many professionals need to have confidential conversations. Research conducted to determine the optimal design of psychotherapy offices can be helpful.
Information on differences in color preferences and responses is useful when attempting to understand client needs.
Just as surfaces are a particular color, so is light. And similarly, as color influence human behavior, so does the color of artificial lighting.
Basic research on color is clear and the information can be readily applied by design professionals for practical ends.
There is a lot of research to inform color decisions, whether designing offices, stores, homes, hospitals, or someplace else.
Research continues to build confirming that humans are not automatons and that building spaces that support their “humanness” can pay off.
Green buildings provide a number of positive benefits for occupants.
A new student center at Gallaudet University supports deaf users in a number of ways. Others seem, on reflection, to be appropriate for any well-designed space.