Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture

Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture presents a new approach to architectural programming that includes sustainability, neuroscience and human factors. This volume of contributions from noted architects and academics makes the case for rethinking the practices of programming and planning to incorporate evidence-based design, systems thinking and a deeper understanding of our evolutionary nature. These 18 original essays highlight how human and environmental health are closely related and should be incorporated as mutually reinforcing goals in every design project. Together, these chapters describe the framework for a new paradigm of building performance and design of the human experience. Programming—the stage at which research is conducted and goals established—provides an opportunity to examine potential impacts and to craft strategies for wellbeing in new buildings and renovations using the latest scientific methods. This book expands the scope of the programming process and provides essential guidance for sustainable practice and the advancement of wellbeing in the built environment for architecture and interiors students, practitioners, instructors and academics.

Contents List of Contributors Introduction A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA Human Factors 1 Programming Interior Environments: Human Experience, Health and Wellbeing J. Davis Harte, PhD and Laura Regrut, IIDA, ASID 2 Biophilia & Human Health A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA 3 Beauty is… Donald H. Ruggles AIA, NCARB, ICAA, ANFA 4 Stress J. Davis Harte, PhD Buildings 5 Programming for People Keely Menezes, MPH 6 Empathetic Programming to Foster Inclusion Robin Z. Puttock, RA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP 7 Programming for Effective Learning Laura A. Wernick FAIA, REFP, LEED AP and Erika Eitland, MPH, ScD 8 Programming for WELL Certification on a University Campus Robin Z. Puttock, RA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP & Angela Loder, PhD, WELL AP Streetscapes 9 Placemaking: Programming Urbanism for Human Engagement Robert S. Tullis AIA 10 Programming for the Subliminal Brain: Biometric Tools Reveal Architecture’s Biological Impact Justin Hollander, PhD, Gideon Spanjar, PhD, Ann Sussman AIA, Frank Suurenbrock PhD, Mengfei Wang 11 The Future of Codes and the Architecture Profession A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA Region 12 Programming in the Bioregion Philip Norton Loheed AIA, NCARB, Assoc ASLA with A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA 13 Regenerative Development and Design: Nature and Healing Bill Reed AIA with A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA 14 Programming for Human Health in a Challenged Climate John Gravelin, Ellie Hoyt & Jim Newman 15 The Post-Pandemic City Lawrence A. Chan FAIA Commissioning 16 Programming and Commissioning: A Bookend Approach to Evidence-based Design A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA 17 Life Enhancing Habitats: Biophilia, Patterns and Wholeness Gregory Crawford 18 Evaluating the Success of Architectural Design C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., MD, MUS Conclusion A. Vernon Woodworth FAIA

Keely Menezes, MPH uses public health frameworks to emphasize design as a tool for population wellness. She is a writer, artist, and interior designer based on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Pamela de Oliveira-Smith is a Boston-based writer, editor and creative director. A.Vernon Woodworth FAIA is Life Safety & Code Consulting Service Leader at Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates, Inc., in Woburn, MA and a member of the Faculty at the Boston Architectural College. He serves as Secretary to the Human Architecture and Planning Institute, inc.(theHAPi.org), a non-profit devoted to improving the user experience in the built environment..