Windows Preferred by Patients
Portrait? Landscape?
Portrait? Landscape?
Refreshing surgeons, cutting stress
Jamrozik and associates investigated how in-office window technology influences cognitive performance and other important aspects of worker experience.
Workers are clear about what they want
New technology, new benefits
The design and placement of windows influence the comfort, health, and mood of people in a structure. They also signal to us what we can expect to happen in a building and who we’re likely to meet there. Windows are much more than just holes in walls.
A research team lead by Meir confirmed that humans have positive responses to windows that they can open and close.
Kong and colleagues studied visual glare and design in an open-plan office via a post-occupancy evaluation.
How we sense and make sense of the environment around us—and how our brains work with information, in general—can vary based on where we are on Earth. We discuss Equator-relative, design-related variations in thoughts and behaviors in this article.
Doors to buildings do a lot more than allow air and people to circulate in and out of structures.