What would happen to design if everyone was blind?
Architects and Designers have become increasingly oculocentric. Where the way a design looks can become the dominant component. Yet new studies into Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuro Architecture are providing data-driven information regarding the critical importance of engaging all the senses. Wouldn’t you like your projects to produce stronger reactions, generate deeper memories and create richer experiences?
See how integrating all the senses improves the lives of those with cognitive conditions. How multisensory design can make wayfinding safer and easier. How it can help students and employees learn better. And even how it can reduce anxiety and lower stress. Sight is just one of the senses. Join us to “see” what you can achieve when you design for Multi Senses!
By 2050, dementia is expected to affect 152 million people worldwide. There is no cure and few treatments that can help slow the disease's progression or manage the symptoms. However, design can play a significant role in creating safe, comfortable, and stimulating environments for people with dementia.
This lecture will discuss the role of environmental design interventions in mitigating disruptive behaviors, improving quality of life, reducing stress, and providing support for caregivers. Explore how these strategies can help bridge the emotional experience with sensory, perceptive, and reminiscent memory to help mitigate disruptive behaviors and their triggers. Design can transform caring for those with dementia from merely keeping them safe to providing a rich experience. Environmental design interventions can help decode dementia's visceral world and support non-cognitive human experiences improving the health, safety and wellbeing of the person living with dementia and those that support them.
Everyone knows the old adage "it all goes downhill after 40". In fact, your visual acuity peaks in your 20's. Light and human health have recently been at the forefront of many design discussions. This program will cover the characteristics of the human visual system, the impact aging has on our ability to see and how light (and color of light) impacts human health. This program will help shape your future lighting design decisions to ensure that users of all ages are positively impacted by lighting in your projects.
Holistic is a word that is being applied to many industries, ranging from yoga retreats to healthcare, and now to Architecture and Design. It is the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and everything is interconnected. Thinking holistically about design, means considering the mental, physical and emotional impact of the design on the user as well as the environmental and global impact on the planet.
This course explores global programs that help foster holistic thinking as well as projects that exhibit this thinking. Holistic Architecture and Design is complex, multifaceted and achievable, going beyond form and function to improve wellness for individuals, society and the planet.
How many credits do I need?
What if I miss a live session or prefer completing the courses at my own pace?
What if I need more or less credits?
Questions?