Promote Physical Health/Improve Health Outcomes

Workplace Design, Health, and Wellbeing

Multiple factors evaluated

Hospital Ward Visibility (04-29-20)

Pachilova and Sailerused Space Syntax to study hospital ward design.

Park Wildness: Consequences

Influences on mental and physical health

Viruses Indoors (03-30-20)

How interior environments influence virus spread was investigated by Iwasaki, Moriyama, and Hugentobler.

Sound and Balance (03-18-20)

Researchers have determined that what we hear influences our balance.

New Urbanism and Health (03-09-20)

Iravani and Rao looked at links between New Urbanist design and health.

Indoor Plants and Lived Experiences

Plants promote wellbeing and ...

Play Space Design and Child Development/Health (02-20-20)

Particular sorts of outdoor play spaces have more positive effects on children’s health and mental development.

Urban Design and Transport Injuries (02-04-20)

A study published in the medical journal The Lancet links urban design to road transport injuries.

Art/Image Size, Healthcare Implications

Size influences outcomes

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