Designing mind-friendly environments : design and architecture for everyone / Steve Maslin ; foreword by Zoe Mailloux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maslin, Steve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Human factors.

Architecture.

Design--Human factors.

Design.

Neurosciences in architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library , 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Exploring the impact of the built environment and design on people with a range of neurological experiences, including autism, dementia, dyslexia and dyspraxia, this comprehensive guide provides project commissioners, architects and designers with all the information and personal insight they need to design, create and build 'mind-friendly' environments for everyone. Assimilating knowledge from medical, therapeutic, social and educational spheres, and using sensory integration theory, the book explores the connection between our minds and our surroundings and considers the impact of the environment on the senses, well-being and neurodiverse needs of people. The book shows how design adaptations to lighting, acoustics, temperature, surfaces, furniture and space can positively benefit the lives of everyone across a range of environments including workplaces, retail, sport and leisure, domestic, educational institutions, cultural and civic spaces, outdoor spaces and places of worship. Universal in its approach and written by an experienced architect and inclusive design consultant, this book is essential reading for professionals in architecture and design, education, organisational psychology, business management and occupational therapy

Contents:

Section A: Connecting different 'worlds'

Definitions and voice

Learning from people on the Autistic spectrum

Learning from OT, psychology, UX and inclusive design

Design as social prescribing

Prescription to commissioning

For whom or with whom – Section B: The human experience

Diversity

Stress

Sensory processing

Emotion, meaning and metaphor

Reasoning, learning and understanding

Rest and sleep – Section C: Contextual experience

Mind and body in context

Spatial context

Social context

Comfort and activity

Acoustics

Lighting

Surfaces

Tastes, smells and air quality

Temperature

The natural world

Time and memory

Navigation, place and wayfinding

Spatial choice, permission and security

Communication – Section D: Different environment

Landscape and urban

Transport

Education

Health and social care

Workplaces

Places of worship

Communal

Cultural and civic

Leisure and sports

Food and drink

Retail

Hospitality

Industrial and military

Judicial and custodial

Domestic

Section E: Getting serious

Facilities management

Safeguarding of wellbeing

Fire and emergencies

Summary.

ISBN:

9781805014515

180501451X

9781784504144

1784504149

OCLC:

1458362143