Feeling good in public spaces series overview and learning points Kay Pallaris, Mapping Futures and FgF Work Group lead

Multi-sensory design – creating healthier public spaces December 8, 2016

#FeelGoodSpaces

SensoryModalities Sense

Haptic - Tactioception Sense of touch Visual - Ophthalmoception Sense of vision/sight Auditory - Audioception Sense of hearing / Sense of the perception of sound Gustatory - -Gustaoception Sense of taste Olfactory - Olfacception Sense of smell Thermoreception/Themoception Sense of temperature Vestibular - Equilibrioception Sense of balance Interoception Sense of the physiological condition of the entire body Nociception Sense of pain Proprioception Sense of limb/body position without visual cues: the ability to

perceive position, weight, and resistance of objects in relation to the body

Kinesthesia (often incorporated into proprioception)

Sense of movement; the ability to sense the extent, direction, or weight of body movement

Sourcesofinformation(Craig,2002;Craig,2009;Macpherson,2010;Haverkamp,2012;Matthen,2012;Stokesetal.,2014;Schulz,2015)

More than five senses

Taken from: Turner, B., Clements-Croome, D., and Pallaris, K. (2017), forthcoming. Chapter 3. The Mul/-Sensory Experience in Buildings. In Clements-Croome, D., (Editor). Crea/ng the Produc/ve Workplace. Third EdiEon. Taylor & Francies, 2017.

“We know that [how places can affect our emotional

response], we are all people, we start from a position of

touch and feel and sound…. its extraordinary how we

forget when we put pen to paper?”

Selina Mason

Think as a human, not a designer

“ There’s a 12-15 year delay between research and

implementation.”

RhiannonCorcoran

What are the barriers to implementation?

“There is no health without mental health”

Dr Georgina Hosang

Health beyond epidemiology & physical health

“Biophilic Design is not just the presence of nature; its about the content within the scene, its about

configuration….simply put its more than tokenistic

greenery” JosephClancy

Antonio Caperna invited us to consider the 15 geometrical principles found in nature

Beyond the obvious greening

Toolkits•  tools•  Devices•  EquipmentProtocols•  Askingtherightques>onsInterfaces•  Communica>on•  Insights•  Outputs

Panos Mavros

Do we need smart tools for human-centred design?

“Policy makers, decision makers or public sector have limited access to resources; how do we priorities across all the

individual issues, because we can’t do everything at the same time.

How should I convince government that it’s money well

spent…. And which budget pays for it all?”

Jim Coleman, April 2016

Does it boil down to cost?

How do we turn research into practical implementation tools?

WHO|HealthImpactAssessment PlaceAlliance|FiveFsFramework

TfL|HealthyStreets PPS|GreatPublicSpaces