Building for mental health and resilience: Architects use design to mitigate environmental stressors
- Abstract
By making our spaces more resilient and communicating that value to tenants, designers can contribute to the improved mental well-being of occupants. Protecting against loss of life and property is important, but it should not be the only factor in meeting site-specific vulnerabilities. As we increase awareness of design’s impact, occupants may even begin to seek out buildings that can flex with climate fluctuations.
- Resource Type
- Magazine/newspaper article
- Author
- Louise Dettman
- Resource URL
- http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=17909
- Publication
- Public Health Newswire
- Date
- June 7, 2017
- Health and Human Impacts
- Dislocation/displacement/migration Mental health
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Overview/general
- Emission Source
- Housing/building
- Solutions
- Built environment Urban greening
- Other
- Co-benefits/co-harms