During these times of confinement, man in general has been forced to become aware of his spaces, of their quality: whether they contribute to his wellbeing, whether they incorporate the most appropriate environmental conditions, minimising external pressure, etc. And the answer has been, in most cases, negative. The reality is that these «conditions» are those that are present in long-stay spaces, where people must spend long periods of time: schools, hospitals, internment centres, etc.
As architects, therefore, we consider the need to intervene in public spaces, creating a new concept of well-being, which we will call «renewed well-being».
From architecture and medicine, we propose to use colour as the variable with which to incorporate these extended «environmental» conditions, to provide effective and creative solutions with which to change human behaviour and the way people «feel» in spaces, in two ways:
From medicine, we will learn to detect stress and negative emotional states, understanding the repercussions they have on the users of the spaces.
And from colour, we will see the tools or colour keyboards that allow us to mitigate these conditions and establish the most suitable physical and emotional conditions.
Because colour from the point of view of health generates two great benefits on a social and professional level:
Social benefits: Achieving stress reduction, whether in work, commercial, health or educational spaces, translates into greater personal performance, greater efficiency in treatment and greater concentration and attention. We are talking about a reduction of costs in all areas.
– Reversing or mitigating negative and unfavourable emotional conditions by stimulating positive ones. It is well known in the health world the importance of negative emotional states that have such an influence on people’s health and behaviour.
Professional benefits: For entities and properties, that the architect is able to «optimise» health, educational, business, internment, etc. facilities and spaces, with low-cost complementary measures, is a very important issue.
Objectives:
Programme: Stress Reduction; Constructive Keyboards
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Practice:
Emotional states: the Communicative Colour Keyboards
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NOTES: The student will have to be able to manage in one of the Acrobat -Photoshop- environment programmes and will be given the links to download the NCS digital palette.
During these times of confinement, people in general have been forced to become aware of his spaces; whether they collaborate with his wellbeing, and incorporate the most suitable environmental conditions by minimising external pressure, etc. And the answer has been, in most cases, negative. The reality is that these «conditions» are those that are present in long-stay spaces, where people have to stay for prolonged periods of time: schools, hospitals, penitentiaries, etc.
From architecture and medicine, we propose to use colour as the variable with which to incorporate these extended «environmental» conditions, to provide effective and creative solutions with which to change human behaviour and the way people «feel» in spaces, in two ways:
– By reducing stress
– Stimulating and favouring positive emotional states.
From medicine we will learn how to detect stress and negative emotional states, understanding the repercussions they have on the users of the spaces.
And from colour, we will see the tools or colour keyboards that allow us to mitigate these conditions and establish the most appropriate physical and emotional environments.
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