Environments at Several Scales (5-21-07)
Built environments exist at several different scales.
Built environments exist at several different scales.
Smells are essential elements of spaces.
Traditional forms of academic library design need to be modified as libraries add spaces for more active learning.
Patricia Rizzo, the manager of the residential lighting program at Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute summarizes important research findings applicable to lighting spaces used by older individuals in a recent article for Ultimate Home Design (issue 7, January/February 2007).
Schoolyard gardens can promote healthy eating by adolescents.
Researchers have found that music in used in three ways by listeners.
Designers collecting information often have people answer questions using a set of responses that runs from 1 to 5 (or so).
Research by the American Institute of Architects indicates that homeowners are increasingly interested in making their homes more energy efficient.
School environments should, in many ways, be similar to residential environments, according to Jefferey Lackney.
In an interesting study investigating color associations (in the context of selecting colors for medicinal pills) in 11 countries (in North and South America, Asia, and Europe), Lechner, Harrington, and Simonoff noted associations to particular hues.