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Design for wellbeing in architecture and interior architecture: Educating future designers on ageing well in place Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Happiness in place and space: Exploring the contribution of architecture and interior architecture to happiness Hasselt University
Do architecture and interior architecture contribute to the happiness of people? Do these design disciplines have a role to play in enhancing possibilities for people to work on their happiness? To answer these questions, the first section of this paper discusses different factors that contribute to happiness: genetics, life circumstantial factors and intentional activities. Next, these factors are refined specifically from the viewpoint of ...
Design for subjective well-being in interior architecture Hasselt University
Can interior environments engage people in pleasurable and meaningful experiences and thereby have a positive influence on their happiness? This paper discusses why and how interior architects might want to consider implementing ideas in relation to ‘design for subjective well-being’. Despite of people being the ingredients that bring life to the built environment, it tends to be designed in such a way for them to predominantly only passively ...
A “filing system” for teaching research skills in interior architecture education Hasselt University
Creating physical environments for humans, more specifically the design disciplines of interior architecture/design, involves a wide variety of aspects to be considered: material, technical, cultural, psychological, artistic... It is therefore important to provide students with the necessary tools (research skills) not only to address the different types of problems and questions that arise during this creative process, but –ultimately- also to ...
How Lay People Design Interior Architecture Layouts in Virtual, Augmented, Drawn and Physical Reality KU Leuven
Simulated reality, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), is particularly helpful for lay people such as clients or prospective occupants, as it allows them to first- hand experience an unbuilt architectural space to provide design input without the requirement of spatial expertise. However, as the experience of space depends on the holistic interplay of a wide variety of atmospheric aspects that cannot be easily simulated, it ...