Salutogenic Architecture

Jan A. Golembiewski

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79515-3_26

Salutogenic Architecture

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In: The Handbook of Salutogenesis [Internet]. 2nd edition. Cham (CH): Springer; 2022. Chapter 26.

2022 Jan 1.

Author

Jan A. Golembiewski^{1

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Book Editors

Maurice B. Mittelmark¹, Georg F. Bauer², Lenneke Vaandrager³, Jürgen M. Pelikan⁴, Shifra Sagy⁵, Monica Eriksson⁶, Bengt Lindström⁷, Claudia Meier Magistretti⁸

Affiliations

¹ Psychological Design, Sydney, Australia
² Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Book Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
² Center of Salutogenesis, Division of Public and Organizational Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
³ Department of Social Sciences, Health and Society, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
⁴ University of Vienna, and WHO-Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Healthcare, Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Vienna, Austria
⁵ Martin Springer Center for Conflict Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel
⁶ Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
⁷ NTNU Center for Health Promotion Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
⁸ Centre for Health Promotion and Participation, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne, Switzerland

Excerpt

In this chapter, the author suggests adding another domain in our life to be viewed through the salutogenic lens: architectural design. In a creative and explorative discussion, the author analyses detailed and concrete examples and offers ideas on how architecture can advance comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness in our lives.

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