Enhance Experience

Housing As Intervention: Architecture Towards Social Equity

Options to improve society-wide wellbeing

Temperature and Decision Making (01-25-19)

Hadi and Block investigated the effects of comfortable and uncomfortable temperatures on decision

Office Temperature Adjustments (01-21-19)

Any time of year when there is heating or air conditioning in use, which is just about the entire

Experiences in a Unique Workplace (01-18-19)

The End of Sitting workplace is nothing if not unique and thought-provoking.

Responses to Automation (01-04-19)

Leung and colleagues studied individuals’ responses to automation.

Planting for Thermal Comfort (01-02-19)

Zolch and colleagues studied how the presence of plants influences comfort in public squares, and

Sharing Spaces: Designing for More Than One User

Many spaces are shared by multiple people much of the time. Science-based research can inform th

Neuroscience for City Design

Improving city life, with science and design

Nature Contact, Older Individuals

Using gardens to improve lives

Healthcare Signage Primer

A comprehensive overview of signage design fundamentals

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