Why Do People Move? (5-30-08)
Lawrence studied why people move from one house to another.
Lawrence studied why people move from one house to another.
Parents often restrict the amount of time that children play outside because of concerns about traffic safety in their neighborhoods.
Individuals working in spaces with live interior plants or window views have significantly higher levels of job satisfaction than people who work in spaces without live plants or windows.
When CO Architects worked with cancer patients to design the Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic in Tuscon, they learned “how sensitive the patients are during their illness; their bodies are fragile and they often have a heightened sense of smell while undergoing treatment.”
Illies, writing in the latest edition of the IAPS Bulletin, states that he feels that architects have an ethical responsibility to their fellow human beings.
When people are thinking about mating, for example when they are on a romantic date, they are more cognizant of signs of growth and decay in the world around themselves.
When humans are sleep deprived they have moments of normal vision interspersed with periods of “slow response and severe drops in visual processing and attention.”
The smell of burning frankincense has been scientifically shown to reduce anxiety and depression.
The direction in we learn to read and write determines our interpretation of power in viewed scenes.
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has prepared a comprehensive tool that can be used to assess the quality of the design of homes and neighborhoods.