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Designing for Sleeping

GlassBlocks

Sleep is essential for human wellbeing.  Design can make it easier for humans to drift gently off into healthy sleep—and to stay asleep—whether they’re at home, at a hotel, in a hospital bed, or trying to take a nap break at work.
 

The Neuroscience of Hotel Design

FinnishHotel

Hotels support individuals and the societies in which they live in many different ways.  They are also businesses that need to be profitable to survive.  Neuroscience research lays out how hotel design can optimize the wellbeing and performance of both hotel guests and owners.
 

Hotel Charging Stations (05-24-22)

Some hotels benefit more from installing electric vehicle charging stations that others.  Qian and Zhang share that “Using evidence from monthly revenue data of 2,774 hotels in Texas of United States (US) between 2015 and 2018, this paper quantifies the economic benefits of hotels hosting Tesla’s charging facilities and finds that nearby attractions amplify the benefits. . . . The findings reveal that upscale hotels benefit more than luxury as well as mid-price and cheaper hotels from hosting Tesla charging facilities.

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Hotel Lobby Design (04-08-22)

Nanu and colleagues investigated how hotel lobby design influences opinions formed of hotels.  They report that their “study investigates preferences of millennial and non-millennial travelers towards hotel lobby design concerning style (contemporary vs. traditional) and biophilic elements [plants] (present vs. absent). This quantitative study is designed as an online, virtual, scenario-based experiment. . . . The findings of the study reveal that the lobby interior design style has a significant impact on booking intention across different generations.

  • Read more about Hotel Lobby Design (04-08-22)

Post-COVID Design  (09-16-21)

Shepley, Kolakowski, Ziebarth, and Valenzuela-Mendoza assessed how the COVID-19 pandemic will influence the design health, hospitality, and senior care environments.

In-Hotel Sleep Quality (05-05-20)

Xiong, Fan, and Qi studied how well people sleep while staying in hotels; probable guest sleep quality has a significant influence on hotel design decisions. 

Neuroscience to Inform Restaurant + Hotel Design

People have fun at hotels and restaurants but their design is serious business.  Understanding the neuroscience of positive experiences for the people who use and own these spaces is very, very important.  Hospitality-related science-based insights can guide the development of restaurants, hotels, and many other spaces, both public and private.
 

Light at Night and Metabolism (06-12-18)

Mason. Zee, Grimaldi, Reid, and Malkani’s research confirms that being in a space that has much light in it at night can be bad for our health. 

Visual Complexity and Light Color

Change color, change complexity, change response

Light at Night (03-08-17)

Bedrosian and Nelson studied how being exposed to light at night influences wellbeing and mood. 

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