Designing Residential Commons Areas Students Use (11-01-12)
Nugent provides many practical suggestions for the design of residential common areas that college students are likely to use.
Nugent provides many practical suggestions for the design of residential common areas that college students are likely to use.
Is there a specific component of urban forests and woodlands that increases their restorative value?
New research confirms that it’s not just nature scenes that are restorative.
The right urban environments can be restorative.
How does coherence among objects influences people’s psychological responses?
More research supports the connection between the physical environment and neighborhood social relations, and adds to our understanding about specific features that draw both old and young outdoors.
Farbstein and his colleagues investigated the influence of simulated nature views on the stress levels of staff in the intake area of a county jail.
The Daylighting Collaborative presents daylighting design guidelines at the web address noted below.
Are the same sorts of places restorative, comfortably safe, and preferred during both the day and night?
Nikunen and Korpela investigated the influence of scene type (urban, combined/mixed, or natural) on how restorative a view is perceived to be by those looking at it, scene preference, and perceived safety.