“The Psychology of Human Health and the Built Environment: Using Folding, Sliding, and Swing Doors as Wall Systems in Biophilic Design”
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Speaker: Michael Norton, Architectural Consultant CSI, CDT
Biophilic design has the ability to blur boundaries between the indoors and outdoors, creating spaces that contribute to occupant cognitive, physiological, and psychological well-being. Incorporating advanced door systems into biophilic design can help specifiers to adhere to biophilic tenets while optimizing the health of occupants and contributing to the functionality and beauty of a space.
Examine the concept of biophilic design and its relation to cognitive, physiological, and psychological well-being.
Assess the impact of mood on well-being and the ways in which biophilic design can influence mood.
Analyze the role door systems play in biophilic design and their impact on well-being.
Evaluate a case study as it relates to door systems and biophilic design.