Reshna RAVEENDRAN, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Kheira Anissa TABET AOUL, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Architectural design always has an immense impact on humans’ wellbeing as we spend more than 90% of our time indoors. However, since historical times, architecture has been visually dominant, giving less priority to cross-modal correspondence. Though humans process more visual information, an amplification of visual appeal in the building that lacks a multi-sensory environment cannot facilitate wellness to occupants if they lack a semantic connection to these same places, as depicted by neuroarchitecture studies. A plausible reason behind this phenomenon, is that for familiar places, humans rely on a multi-sensory mind along with emotion rather than only visuals to find wellness in daily activities. This case study research intend to be carried out in ‘Sustainable city of Dubai’ through interviews aimed to explore the integrative multi-sensory design approach for wellbeing in everyday places and activities. Sustainable city, the first net-zero energy development situated in UAE, is a neighbourhood community living with equal emphasis provided to people and the environment. The research is undertaken by conducting semi-structured interviews for both developer and end-users regarding physical and emotional wellbeing from a multi-sensory design approach, thereby assessing the gap. The themes used in interviews include the influence of transportation, community living, connectedness to nature, and growing organic food products on the wellbeing of multi-sensory mind. The study will conduct a prescriptive analysis of the same deriving to gain more insightful information on multi-sensory and emotional related factors that eventually influence the wellness of occupants for everyday activities.
Mots clés : Health|Wellbeing|Sustainability|Multi-sensory Design|Neuroarchitecture
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