Consider for a moment how your home or workplace supports you. How do you feel in different areas, at different times of the day? Are there spaces and aspects that activate and rejuvenate? Calm and restore? Are there spaces and aspects that are draining, or you feel may negatively affect your health? Architecture and urban and interior design physically shape our surroundings and influence behavior, lifestyle, and health. We are constantly experiencing and reacting to the effects of our environment. While a seemingly innocuous detail (or odor) may not have a noticeable impact if briefly experienced a few times, the cumulative effect over time can be detrimental. In contrast, a feature that benefits health can brighten your mood momentarily or provide deeper levels of long-term support. Wellness Design/ Wellness Architecture considers health impacts the built environment (buildings, landscape, public spaces) can have on people. Features that support the well-being of … [Read more...]