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71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9JQ www.poune-am.com [email protected] Page 1 of 3 Poune Asset Management A home or a shelter? Newsletter dated: 6 th June 2015 Author: Position: Olivier R i b e r t Managing Director More than a shelter A home is more than just a roof over your head; it is an environment in which people live, sleep, eat, perhaps bring up a family, and maybe even work. As such, it should be an environment that enables occupants to be healthy, comfortable, and contended; in short a place where people can thrive. Look in many estate agents’ window however and currently homes are described by value, age, style, number and size of rooms and their location. But rarely are homes described in terms of how they might help occupants flourish by contributing positively to their health and wellbeing. That might be about to change. The idea that behaviour can be influenced by context is starting to gather momentum backed up by a growing body of research that has identified a number of parameters that, when addressed effectively in a home’s design can help improve occupants’ health and wellbeing. And there is even some evidence that homes that contribute positively to wellbeing can command a higher price. In response, the UK green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a task group to examine health and wellbeing in UK homes, led by Joanne Wheeler. She says the task group will investigate the metrics available to investigate health and wellbeing in homes, as well as looking at the business case for them. A third work stream will provide design guidance to support health and wellbeing. One reason for this move towards a more holistic approach to housing design is in response to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) broad definition of health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” In other words, in addition to physiological and psychological wellbeing it is about how people function in society, which is related to the environment in which they live. Just like in a zoo Environmental psychologist Judith Heerwagen uses the analogy of zoo to

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Ahomeorashelter?

Newsletterdated:

6thJune2015

Author: Position:

OlivierRibert ManagingDirector

Morethanashelter

Ahomeismorethanjustaroofoveryourhead;itisanenvironmentinwhichpeoplelive,sleep,eat,perhapsbringupafamily,andmaybeevenwork.Assuch,itshouldbeanenvironmentthatenablesoccupantstobehealthy,comfortable,andcontended;inshortaplacewherepeoplecanthrive.

Lookinmanyestateagents’windowhoweverandcurrentlyhomesaredescribedbyvalue,age,style,numberandsizeofroomsandtheirlocation.Butrarelyarehomesdescribedintermsofhowtheymighthelpoccupantsflourishbycontributingpositivelytotheirhealthandwellbeing.

Thatmightbeabouttochange.Theideathatbehaviourcanbeinfluencedbycontextisstartingtogathermomentumbackedupbyagrowingbodyofresearchthathasidentifiedanumberofparametersthat,whenaddressedeffectivelyinahome’sdesigncanhelpimproveoccupants’healthandwellbeing.Andthereisevensomeevidencethathomesthatcontributepositivelytowellbeingcancommanda

higherprice.

Inresponse,theUKgreenBuildingCouncil(UKGBC)haslaunchedataskgrouptoexaminehealthandwellbeinginUKhomes,ledbyJoanneWheeler.Shesaysthetaskgroupwillinvestigatethemetricsavailabletoinvestigatehealthandwellbeinginhomes,aswellaslookingatthebusinesscaseforthem.Athirdworkstreamwillprovidedesignguidancetosupporthealthandwellbeing.

OnereasonforthismovetowardsamoreholisticapproachtohousingdesignisinresponsetotheWorldHealthOrganisation’s(WHO)broaddefinitionofhealthas“astateofcompletephysical,mentalandsocialwellbeingandnotmerelytheabsenceofdiseaseorinfirmity.”Inotherwords,inadditiontophysiologicalandpsychologicalwellbeingitisabouthowpeoplefunctioninsociety,whichisrelatedtotheenvironmentinwhichtheylive.

Justlikeinazoo

EnvironmentalpsychologistJudithHeerwagenusestheanalogyofzooto

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explainthenotionofenvironmentpromotingpositivehumanexperience.

Inherpaper“InvestinginPeople:theSocialBenefitsofSustainableDesign,”shedescribesthefirstzoosasbeingfocusedonkeepingagedanimalsalive.Thistheydid,buttheanimalsoftenfailedtoreproduceandfrequentlyexhibitedsignsofboredom,stressandaggression.Later,enclosuresstartedtobedesignedtoincorporatefeaturessimilartothosetheanimalswouldhaveexperiencedinthewild,whichhelpsupportananimal’sphysical,psychologicalandsocialwellbeing.Thechangeworkedandtheanimalsstartedtoflourish,somuchsothatzoosnowplayamajorroleinconservation.

Heerwagenarguesthatasimilarapproachtothatusedbyzoosshouldbeadoptedinthedesignofbuildings.Ratherthanstartwithanexternalimage,shesuggestsasustainabledesignshouldstartfromanunderstandingof“fundamentalhumanneedsandgoals.”Sheliststheseneedsas:connectiontonature;opportunityforregularexercise;senseofcommunityandbelonging;behaviouralchoiceandcontrol;meaningfulchangeandsensoryvariability;andprivacywhendesired.

5keybehaviours

ManyofthethemesHeerwagencategorisesascontributingtosustainablehumanenvironmentalignwithkeybehaviours

identifiedinthereportontheUKgovernment’sForesightMentalCapitalandWellbeingProject.Thisdescribesthefivekeybehaviourswhichhavebeenshowntorelatetoimprovedmentalwellbeing:connect;keepactive;takenotice;keeplearning;give.

Thechallengenowfordesignersanddevelopersistoaddressmanyofthesesbehaviouralneedsandgoalsinhousing

schemes.

Oneoftheleastradicalideasistoincorporatenatural,greenlandscapedintoascheme.Manyhomesincorporateagarden,butthereisabodyofresearchthatshowsjusthowimportantthisisinprovidingaconnectiontonature,orbiophiliaasitismoreproperlyknown.“Thereisalotofevidenceoftheimportanceofbiophilic

design,”Batesonsays.

OneexampleBatesoncitesisresearchbyPatrickGrahnandUlrikaAStigsdotterattheSwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences.Theirpaper,LandscapePlanningandStress,suggeststhatthemoreoftenapersonvisitsurbanopengreenspaces,thelessoftentheywillreportstress-relatedillnesses.Theresearchersfoundthatdistancetothepublicgreenspaceseemstobesignificantbecause“peopledonotusuallycompensateforlack

ofgreenenvironmentintheirownresidential

areawithmorevisitstopublicparks.”Evidencefromthisstudysuggeststhatgreenspacesshouldbeclosetohomesiftheyaretohavesignificantpositiveeffectsonthehealthofurbanpopulations.

Theinclusionofgreenspacesinaschemewillalsoprovidenumerousotherwellbeingbenefitsincludingprovisionofspaceforplayandexercise,andtoencouragesocialising.Consideredplantingwillincreasethe

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diversityoffloraandfauna,whichshouldencouragepeopletoengagemorewiththespace,whiletheadditionofallotmentswillincreasetheopportunitiesforexercisewhileencouragingpeopletogrowfruitandvegetables.“Designinghomessothatpeople

feelpartofthecommunityandthe

importanceofpeoples’connectionwith

naturewillformpartoftheUKGBC’sreport.”

Contactwithnaturecouldbedirect,whereahomehasaccesstoagarden,orindirectlythroughawindowwhichwillstillenableoccupantsviewsoutoftheskyandweatherand,perhaps,naturalvegetationandeventheseaoarariver.

OlivierRibertManagingDirector


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