Pathways to Well-Being in Design (eBook, PDF)

Examples from the Arts, Humanities and the Built Environment
Redaktion: Coles, Richard; Watson, Sharon; Costa, Sandra

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on examples from the arts, humanities, and design, this book shows how different disciplines approach the universal goal of supporting well-being. Key reading for students and professionals in architecture, urban planning, and design.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351170031
• Artikelnr.: 56957824

Autorenporträt

Richard Coles is Emeritus Professor of Landscape in the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, based in the Faculty of the Arts, Design and Media, Birmingham City University, UK. His research involves understanding the nature of environmental interaction and the development of environments that are supportive of the needs of users. Sandra Costa is a Researcher and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University. Her research examines the nature of person-place interactions, exploring the choreographies of the experience and how individuals negotiate wellbeing. She received her PhD from Birmingham City University researching immersive walking techniques involving self-narrated walking. Sharon Watson is a Landscape Architect focusing on aspects of community engagement and research involving children. She has extensive experience of working with schools and the educational sector, where she has developed sophisticated child-centric methodologies involving the use of digital media. Her current research involves working with children in investigating their responses to the natural world and the different agencies offered by current technology, focusing on the wild places that exist in urban situations. She holds a PhD from Birmingham City University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Ways to Well-being for Children Larissa Pople, Saamah
Abdallah, Gwyther Rees and Gill Main 2. Co-Creating Well-being Experiences
with Assisted Living Technologies Nikki Holliday, Darren Awang, Gillian
Ward 3. Green Space and Urban Greening Benefits for Health and Well-being
Across the Life-Course: A Pathway for the Operationalisation of the Green
Infrastructure Approach Owen Douglas, Mark Scott, Mick Lennon 4. Growing
Pathways to Well-being through Community Gardens and Greenspace; Case
studies from Birmingham and the West Midlands, UK Veronica Barry and Chris
Blythe 5. Biophilia and the Practice of Biophilic Design Elizabeth Freeman
Calabrese and Alice Dommert 6. 'On Empathy' and Well-Being: Orientations
and Conversations for the Aspiring Architect Amrit Phull 7. Emotional
Transition and the Internet World: Implications for Well-being John Sparrow
8. The Legal Protection of the Well-being of Future Generations Haydn
Davies 9. Well-Being Restoration in the Workspace Sukanlaya Sawang and
Mirko Guaralda 10. Designing for Well-being in Late Stage Dementia Cathy
Treadaway, Jac Fennell, David Prytherch, Gail Kenning, Andy Walters 11.
Alone Together - Documentary Filmmaking and Stories of Well-being in
Outdoor Spaces Esther Johnson 12. Pathways to Well-being Richard Coles,
Sandra Costa, Sharon Watson Index