In this chapter we consider how experiences of nature can affect human health and well-
being. We first address the matter of 'what has been'; that is, we sketch the development of …

Purpose The purpose of this research is to conduct a comparative analysis of the views of
architects and urban designers in the West and the Middle East on whether the COVID-19 …

Regenerative design holds great promise for a new era of sustainable and positive impact
architecture, sparking considerable interest among architects, building professionals and …

Methods This study employed a mixed methodology, which included (1) secondary research
of 25 cases of healthcare art programmes to identify the presence of accessible art in …

The volume and rigor of evidence-based design have increasingly grown over the last three
decades since the field's inception, supporting research-based designs to improve patient …

In order to understand the changes that accrued in the field of architectural, building design
and urbanisation practices during the last hundred years we must follow the history of …

This thesis proposes a new philosophy of birth space design that values the diverse spatial
practices and space-based experiences of childbearing women, across all types of birth …

Alvar and Aino Aalto's design for a sanitorium for the treatment of tuberculosis took
advantage of its location and a new modernist approach to architecture to create not only a …

This study addresses the design strategy known as evidence-based design (EBD), and
seeks to discover the current state of EBD use and perceptions of United States and …

Before the introduction of effective anti-tuberculosis medication in the 1950s, the treatment
and prevention of tuberculosis relied heavily on spatial solutions, on moving people from …