WELLNESS
Designing offices with “WELLNESS” as the next-generation keyword
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A survey of office environment design among office tenants found that 73% of them put importance on interior environments. That underlines the fact that 67% of them see shortage of workers as a risk. The aim until now has been to produce high-quality, uniform office space with small amounts of energy, but offices now are expected to adapt to changing workstyles, and allow office workers to work in good health and with high intellectual productivity. That background has prompted the development of “WELL Building Standard”, in Japan and overseas. It is an era of change, so that interior environments, which are important from the wellness perspective, are now being designed comprehensively, to incorporate numerous factors, such as radiation, air quality, humidity, and colors, with the aim of providing diverse environments.
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WELLNESS will change the architectural space design
In Wellness design, it is important to have a deep understanding of human physiology, as well as of changing of workstyles. People in the latest offices use cafes as work spaces, and there are napping rooms where people can refresh themselves by taking a nap. The optimum interior environment must be offered in each of these diverse spaces, based on human physiology. To that end, environmental control of aspects such as humidity, radiation, color, and odor, becomes necessary, in addition to the kind of design that has previously emphasized air temperature and brightness. For example, in hospital rooms which use radiant cooling, measurement has confirmed that needless body movement during sleep, due to air conditioner drafts, has almost completely ceased.
Radiant Heating and Cooling Is a Keyword for WELLNESS
It may somehow make occupants feel hot and stressed when the thermal environment is too still. In some cases, radiant cooling has been adopted that controls a slight and subtle air flow, to provide a feeling of coolness and to lower stress.
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