Report: Homes
Ideas for designing homes that promote wellbeing
Residential Dwelling
House to Home (06-09-16)
Cox has investigated properties that people link to homier environments, and her findings are relevant to the full range of spaces where people will live, even temporarily.
Tool: Designing Homes for People with Dementia (05-17-16)
Anyone designing spaces for people living with dementia will find the online materials and app available through the Dementia Enabling Environment Project (DEEP) Virtual Information Centre useful.
Residential Clutter Reduces Wellbeing
Confirmation: clutter is undesirable
Gardens Prevail! (04-12-16)
Cervinka and colleagues studied the relative restorativeness of several spaces, and their findings have been published in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening.
Lighting for Better Lives
Two important resources to review
Residential Need for Uniqueness
Differentiating, as desired
Preventing Sleep Interruptions (11-17-15)
Research by Finan, Quartana, and Smith confirms how important it is to design in safeguards that prevent sleep from being disrupted.
Repercussions of Telecommuting
Evaluating working away from the corporate campus
Lavender Promotes Better Sleep (10-26-15)
Researchers report that smelling the scent of lavender promotes sleep.
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