ORCID Profile
0000-0002-5692-6748
Current Organisation
Deakin University
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 27-05-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FPSYG.2022.750245
Abstract: The biophilia hypothesis posits an innate biological and genetic connection between human and nature, including an emotional dimension to this connection. Biophilic design builds on this hypothesis in an attempt to design human-nature connections into the built environment. This article builds on this theoretical framework through a meta-analysis of experimental studies on the emotional impacts of human exposure to natural and urban environments. A total of 49 studies were identified, with a combined s le size of 3,201 participants. The primary findings indicated that exposure to natural environments had a medium to large effect on both increasing positive affect and decreasing negative affect. This finding supported the anticipated emotional dimension of the biophilia hypothesis and lends credibility to biophilic design theory. Evidence was revealed in support of the affective/arousal response model. Immersion in environments indicated a larger effect size than laboratory simulation of environments. Methodological recommendations for future experimental research were few, however the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) outcome measure was recommended as a measure of both positive and negative affect for further studies. A combination measurement of stress related outcome variables was proposed to further explore the affective/arousal response model and its potential relationship to the biophilia hypothesis. The meta-analysis provides evidence for fundamental theories regarding human-nature connection, while revealing gaps in current knowledge.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-03-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S10901-023-10027-Z
Abstract: The built environment is a factor widely known to have significant impacts on dietary behaviours and the promotion of healthy food practices. Yet, there is limited understanding of the influential design features of domestic cooking and eating spaces on food practices. This systematic scoping review aimed to provide an overview of the body of knowledge (by identifying and classifying different design features of domestic kitchen and dining area and their impact on the cooking/eating experiences generally and in different age cohorts), as well as explore knowledge gaps to aid the planning of future research. In total, 27 articles met the selection criteria for the analysis, most of which were qualitative, from the USA, the UK, and Australia, and published from 2014 onwards. Influential design features associated with cooking/eating experiences included size and layout, connection to other spaces, fixture and fittings (including spatial ergonomics, materiality, and texture), and indoor environmental qualities (lighting, ventilation, visual access, and window views). Many of these features such as the provision of sufficient dining space were common requirements for a ersity of residents. However, kitchen layout and the significance of certain safety features to food practices differed according to age group. To conclude, it was noted that despite the range of studies reviewed, currently there is insufficient practical knowledge and evidence to inform design decisions. Further research using a multidisciplinary approach is required to explore the detail of kitchen design features and in iduals’ food practices to provide recommendations for future design policy.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-05-2022
Abstract: Despite the undeniable need for innovation in hospital building design, the literature highlights the disconnect between research and practice as the primary knowledge gap hindering such innovation. This study shows this focus to be an oversimplification, for the complex processes that trigger design innovations and impact their ecosystems need to be examined from a systemic perspective. This paper aims to conceptualise the evolution of hospital building design and identify and explain the main factors triggering design and construction innovations over the past 100 years. A novel hybrid research design to mixed grounded theory (MGT) methodology, with Charmaz constructivist paradigm, is developed as a new systematic way of constructing and interpreting the concepts and interconnections among them that triggered design innovation. This study represents a taxonomy of concepts and an explanatory innovation framework, containing 617 interconnections between 146 factors classified across 14 categories. The complex innovation ecosystem comprises multi-faceted processes between heterogenous factors with both in idual and collective impacts on design innovations. This research highlights the main components of the innovation ecosystem and its overall behaviour in this field, and the most influential and interrelated contextual factors, as well as representing and mapping generative interactions that support innovation processes. This knowledge can help hospital researchers, designers, policymakers and stakeholders adopt a multidimensional outlook to analyse the strength of all influential factors, introduce potential novel ways of collaborating, conceptualise an organisational approach, re-formulate research questions through transdisciplinary methods and introduce interdisciplinary courses and programs in architecture schools, thereby contributing to timely design innovation.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 03-08-2022
DOI: 10.1177/19375867221113874
Abstract: This article aims to complement the historical literature on the evolution of hospital buildings via a holistic analysis of the contextual factors triggering hospital design innovation over the past 100 years. Innovation in hospital building design should be considered as a complex ecosystem with a heterogeneous set of actors. A novel hybrid research design to the Mixed Grounded Theory methodology, with Charmaz’s constructivist paradigm, was developed to explore, construct, and interpret concepts and the interconnections between them. Six hundred seventeen interconnections between 146 factors, classified across 14 categories, were developed to explain the in idual and combined impacts of all components of the design innovation ecosystem. This study provides hospital building designers, researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders with a systemic understanding of the innovation ecosystem and their potential role in this system. This knowledge suggests the need for interdisciplinary education to address complex and quickly evolving real-world building design problems.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-04-2019
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1582886
Abstract: The influence of the office environment on employees has attracted inter-disciplinary research attention. This study investigates the differences in worker satisfaction and self-estimated job performance regarding indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters in personal workspaces between three office types (enclosed private office, enclosed shared office and cubicle with high partitions). A standard survey conducted by the Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) has been used to collect and analyse data from 175 workers in Ferdowsi University's administrative office building. The CBE survey classifies IEQ parameters into seven main categories. Regardless of office type, there was a positive correlation between satisfaction and self-reported performance in all IEQ factors except cleanliness and maintenance which means the increase in satisfaction would enhance the self-reported performance. Based on principal component analysis, the cleanliness and maintenance factor was the most effective in the enclosed private office and enclosed shared office.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-03-2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1177/16094069221127069
Abstract: Grounded Theory (GT) researchers have an ever-expanding palette of digital tools available to further analyse complex phenomena with interrelated data sets. However, few GT researchers have systematically examined how the use of diagramming tools can enhance analysis. To advance the analytical process of GT, this study develops a multi-representational approach that integrates with research design. After diagrams supportive of GT are identified for their potential improvements to the analytical process, the research focuses on the experience of employing three diagramming tools (Flourish, Observable, and Pajek) in developing two complementary diagrams (Network and Arc diagrams). The use of these tools for analysis is explained in detail for conducting extensive constructivist GT study illustrated via a case study examining a century of innovation in hospital design. Via this multiple-source case study, this paper demonstrates how the sagacious deployment of diagramming tools, when carefully aligned to research objectives, can complement GT analysis by facilitating systematic thinking and holistic interpretation of hidden patterns.
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