Healing Spaces: Designing Physical Environments to Optimize Health, Wellbeing, and Performance

Altaf Engineer; Aletheia Ida; Esther M Sternberg

doi:10.3390/ijerph17041155

Healing Spaces: Designing Physical Environments to Optimize Health, Wellbeing, and Performance

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb 12;17(4):1155. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041155.

Authors

Altaf Engineer^{1

2}, Aletheia Ida^{1

2}, Esther M Sternberg^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Architecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
² UArizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA.
³ Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA.

Abstract

This Special Issue on Healing Spaces includes eight articles consisting of studies at the interface between design and health. The articles address some of the latest findings using state-of-the-art technologies, important outcomes for human health and wellbeing, and suggest exciting directions for the future of this research field.

Keywords: built environment; forest healing; human health; physiology; psychology; urban open space; wellbeing.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Built Environment*
Environment Design
Environment*
Health Status*
Humans