Consciousness, well-being and the senses

Type	Book, Section
Author(s)	Clements-Croome,D. , Clements-Croome,D.
Publication year	2000
Notes	ID: CLEMENTSCROOME2000E; This chapter discusses the inter-relationships, and dependency, of the consciousness of the human mind, and the surrounding architecture. The author develops the argument by stating that "$buildings are a multi-sensory experience$" postulating that architecture should be designed to stimulate all of the five senses. The notion of a $"multi-sensory experience"$ p34 is developed further and examples of how the senses can be effected by the environment are discussed. A connection between well-being and productivity is claimed using Townsend's (1997) work as evidence that $"25% of us enjoy our work but the rest of use do not"$. Elsewhere the author holds the working environment to be a $"place of conflict and dissatisfaction"$,p38. He concludes by stating that if the workplace can satisfy both the logic of the left side of the brain, and the intuition and imagination of the right side of the brain, then "$problem-solving becomes more enjoyable and more creative"$,p38. $$ $$
Issue	3
Start page	29
End page	39
Relevance to practice	High
Ease of application	Medium
Evidence base	Some
Readability	Medium

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