Interior design strategies for nature-based features to support stress reduction in knowledge workers

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dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, M. Ann
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeStraub, Dietmar (Landscape Architecture) Nisbet, Elizabeth (Psychology, Carleton University)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMallory-Hill, Shauna (Interior Design)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-12T16:56:43Z
dc.date.available2015-09-12T16:56:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.degree.disciplineInterior Designen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Interior Design (M.I.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractAccording to Duxbury and Higgins 57% of full time employees reported high levels of stress. Stress is impacting the productivity, health and well-being of individuals, and the bottom line of employers. A growing body of evidence suggests exposure to nature, nature-based features, and biophilic design may offer a solution to reducing stress in the office workplace. This thesis brings together a comprehensive body of information drawn from the neurosciences and environmental psychology, including attention restoration theory (ART), psycho-evolutionary theory, Kellert’s biophilic design elements, and seven case studies, to propose key nature-based interior design strategies for stress reduction in office knowledge workers. Providing direct and indirect exposure to nature appears to have the strongest impact on mitigating the stress response. The importance of the integrated design process (IDP), post-occupancy evaluation (POE), and barriers to incorporating biophilia centred design practices are addressed and process strategies proposed.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/30767
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectbiophiliaen_US
dc.subjectstress reductionen_US
dc.subjectbiophilic designen_US
dc.subjectinterior designen_US
dc.subjectknowledge workersen_US
dc.subjectnatureen_US
dc.subjectwooden_US
dc.subjectplantsen_US
dc.subjectnature-based featuresen_US
dc.subjectoffice workersen_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectwell beingen_US
dc.titleInterior design strategies for nature-based features to support stress reduction in knowledge workersen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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