In Defence of Others: Culture and Context in Sustainable Housing Typology

No description supplie

Simulating impairment through virtual reality

Research on architectural technology for health care has rapidly increased in recent years; however, little research has been conducted on the use of virtual reality for simulating impairment. This exploratory research maps the experiences of people with impairments in the often-overlooked corridors and waiting rooms of an emergency department. It questions whether the experience of an impairment can be usefully simulated for empathetic design. While using participatory processes to develop a virtual reality simulation of waiting areas, this research applies three representative impairments and then surveys 30 architectural designers to find the emotional responses of the unimpaired to the design intervention. While this research is preliminary, it is particularly valuable for the comprehension of proposed designs during the early planning and design phases, without costly and time-consuming use of full participatory processes. It finds there is significant potential for the use of virtual reality as a technology to simulate the experiences of these spaces by individuals with impairment, enabling empathetic design, and offers direction for future research

Connecting Māori Youth and Landscape Architecture Students through Participatory Design

No description supplie

Pathways to nature: towards an experiential landscape for dementia care environments

No description supplie

Rehabilitating Healthcare: Healthcare landscapes a catalyst for health, well-being and social equity

No description supplie

Therapeutic Landscapes and Indigenous Culture: Māori Health Models in Aotearoa/New Zealand

No description supplie

Green Prescriptions And Therapeutic Landscapes: A New Zealand Study

No description supplie

Creative design studios: converting vulnerability into creative intensity

No description supplie

The wellbeing of people with younger onset dementia in aged-care facilities

No description supplie

Enabling wilderness: creating the opportunity for disabled tramping within New Zealand’s National Parks

No description supplie