TOTAL HEALING ENVIRONMENT AND SEDUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY CONSUMPTION SPACES

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

Multi-Sensory Approach to Health-Supportive and Ageing-Friendly High-Density Environments

AESOP Annual Congress 20172056-2068Lisbon, Portuga

Alternative Perception-driven and Multi-Sensorial Approaches to Urbanism, Age-Friendly and Health-Supportive Design

Sustainabilit

Multi-Sensory Experience, Positive Distractions and Well-being: The Role of Consumption Spaces in Total Healing Environment Paradigm

13th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) - Place and Health136-13

Seductive Experience of Contemporary Shopping Environments: A Multi-sensory Perspective

UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects CongressSouth Kore

Multi-sensory approach to health-supportive and ageing-friendly high-density urban environments

Book of proceedings: Annual AESOP Congress, Spaces of Dialog for Places of Dignity, Lisbon, 11-14th July, 2017Design and planning actions to improve urban health and well-being are well-recognised as some of the key drivers and indicators of sustainable, inclusive and resilient urban and community development worldwide. Yet, due to rapid growth and transformation, increased densification, hybridisation and intensification, our cities continue to generate problems, stress, harsh conditions and inequality, instead of becoming healing, empathetic, inclusive and safe environments for all. Our understanding and experience of the built environment are primarily built around multi-sensory, emotional and symbolic modes of exchange with space (Merleau-Ponty, 1962; Pallasmaa, 1996; Pérez-Gómez, 2006). Active multi‐sensory and emotional dialogue with all environmental stimuli, including positive distractions, textures, materials, colours, signage, culture-specific clues, way-finding and overall aesthetic atmosphere, profoundly shape our understanding of the built environment and are vital for physical, psychological and social well-being of all ages. However, while architecture has immense potentials to engage the immediacy of people’s experiences more effectively than other art forms (Holl et al., 2006), our contemporary cities are more than often either sensory overwhelming or sensory depleting, which results in physical, mental and emotional stress. Stress is the major cause of diseases, pandemic depression and death in the developed world (WHO, 2002), with more than 50% of deaths worldwide stemming from chronic non-communicable diseases that are instigated by the continuous exposure to numerous and intense stress conditions of contemporary cities (OxHA, 2008).Published versio

Foreword by Dr Zdravko Trivic

Arts @ MacPherson: Reflections on Creating Art with People and Embracing the Neighbourhood4-9Singapor

Contemporary City: Healing Tool or Utopia?

UPE10, 10th International Urban Planning and Environment Association Symposium399-414deposi

An Architectural Approach to the Kinesphere

SpotlightSingapor

Engaging the perception of older adults: An eye-tracking multi-sensory study of housing neighborhoods in Singapore

40th UIA-PHG 2021 Symposium, 27th UIA World Congres