Designing Mind-Friendly Environments

Architecture and Design for Everyone

Designing Mind-Friendly Environments
Steve Maslin, Zoe Mailloux
Paperback
h228 x 152mm - 272pg
21 Dec 2021 UK
9781785921421
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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.
Designing Mind-Friendly Environments is an illuminating and thought-provoking book in which Maslin offers rich professional and personal insights into how design and the environment we live and work in affect our health and wellbeing. Teaching us much about our senses and the deeply personal act of perceptual experience along the way, Maslin' s book firmly places the person at the centre of design. This is a must-read for anybody interested in inclusive design and a sustainable future. -- Ute Leonards, University of Bristol
Steve Maslin, Dip Arch, RIBA, FSI, NRAC has been a Chartered Architect since 1992 and NRAC registered Access Consultant since 2003. He leads on Inclusive Design consultancy within the company for whom he works providing design advice around people' s needs. He is a Senior Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, a committee member of the British Standards Institute, a public speaker, and has served as an Expert for the Design Council and the Building Research Establishment.
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ISBN-13: 9781785921421
Published: 21 Dec 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 272

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