Health and Workplace Design (06-18-19)
Roskams and Haynes studied how workplace design can promote employee health.
Roskams and Haynes studied how workplace design can promote employee health.
The design of indoor spaces can affect the health—mental and physical—of users. Neuroscience research reveals how aspects of designed environments can influence mental and physical health and also ways in which study findings can be applied in practice.
Getting people rolling isn't easy
Research findings detail how design can encourage people to be more active and energized - via sensory experiences, floor plans, and furniture, for example.
Design can make it more likely that people will move from floor-to-floor in a building using stairs instead of elevators/escalators—for example, by locating stairs in more prominent locations.
ABW influences worker experiences in meaningful ways
Olafsdottir and her colleagues evaluated the effects of recreational walking in different settings on the mood and stress levels of university students.
Zhang and colleagues investigated the effects on cognitive performance of working at a treadmill desk.
Marquet and colleagues link working in a walkable area and employee physical activity.
Lusk, Filho, and Dobbert studied the landscaping preferences of pedestrians and bicyclists.