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Richard Mazuch

Director of Design Research and Innovation, Architecture

在英国,每年有四分之一的人经历心理健康问题, costing the UK more than £94 billion every year.

Home has a major impact on our mental health. 根据不同的环境,家可以是一个“避难所”,也可以是一个主要压力的地方. 那么,为什么心理健康很少作为家居设计的一部分被讨论呢? 研究告诉我们,大多数心理健康问题在童年早期就开始了,并在青春期形成. 然而,从更广泛的角度来看,情绪健康问题存在于我们生活的各个阶段. Such issues include: loneliness, self-worth/esteem, post/prenatal depression, isolation, obsessive compulsive disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep deprivation, obsessive compulsive disorders, bipolar depression, and dementia.

我们的注意力通常集中在处理心理健康的影响,而不是原因. 我们有一个真正的机会,通过调查家庭环境中心理健康问题的根源来做出改变. 通过利用辅助设计和技术来支持神经多样性和心理健康的不同概况, we can offer major contributions to the Third Era of Health.


Home Sweet Home

Illustration of a house with a tree in the backdrop.

家应该是一个支持我们成长和发现自我的环境, a place of happiness, mindfulness and wellness. Ideally homes should be places of comfort and safety, 为外界的环境和压力提供庇护.

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    When our home life is not ideal, it can ultimately become a place of anxiety, distress, extreme sadness and grief. 在最坏的情况下,它可能是不安全的,产生恐惧和被困的感觉. 生活事件,如退休、年老、缺少家庭支持、身体残疾等., can prove to be disempowering and debilitating.

     

    理解心理健康的关键是评估我们自己与空间的对话互动, alongside our related interpersonal communication. Most people value their personal spaces and feel discomfort, anxiety and distress when these spaces are encroached.

     

    Many homes experience volatile ‘pressure cooker’ scenarios, ‘flash point’ moments, emotional outbursts, etc. 住宅的设计和规划应该使个人能够自由地退休到多个降级空间. Many schools, 托儿所和康复中心提供安静的房间,目的是在安全的空间内从当前的情绪状态中降级. Every home should incorporate a variety of personal, decompression, de-escalation, 还有安全的空间,人们可以自由地从日常生活的喧嚣中退出,或者只是远离他人. 这些空间可以提供安静的反思和沉思的时刻,或者只是简单的分散注意力.

     

    研究人员一直在报道,看大自然可以减轻压力,恢复体力. 临床研究表明,观看大自然可以通过降低呼吸速率迅速使我们平静下来, 清晨阳光下的血压和心率已被证明能大大加速双相情感障碍的恢复. Within a domestic setting, one may consider framing, composing, and landscaping outdoor space, as viewed from within.


Biophilic Design

Illustration portraying the various phases of life.

亲生物设计是一种创新和快速发展的设计我们生活空间的方法. 亲生命最显著的好处可以在医疗保健应用中看到,以改善心理健康和身体健康. Recent research supports measurable, 亲生物设计对健康的积极影响,可以加速愈合. 本·查农在他的《AG平台》一书中指出:“不管其他因素如何,‘自然关联’是幸福的可靠预测指标。”. 越来越多的临床医生向患者推荐基于自然的干预措施. Their ‘green prescriptions’ include gardening, fitness activities, reiki, yoga and growing vegetables in adjacent allotments.


Calming and Energizing Spaces

五种感官之间关系的视觉表现.

平静和充满活力的空间也可以对家庭的心理健康产生积极影响. 放松的环境可以建立平静和减少躁动,使用暗, warm spectral light, temperature adjustment, soothing soundscapes, relaxing scent emitters, etc. On the other hand, 通过增加蓝色光谱光,可以激发激发能量的气氛, dynamic visuals, up-tempo soundscapes, and invigorating seascape smells.


Digital Mental Health

今天,数字技术帮助我们治疗常见的心理健康状况. 电子和通信技术作为一种治疗和精神保健实践的使用开始崭露头角. It is commonly referred to as Telemedicine or eHealth.

增强现实(AR)和虚拟现实(VR)技术可以帮助脱敏创伤后应激障碍, 帮助人们在安全的家中发展应对技巧. Mental health apps such as: Calm, Moodnotes, Headspace, Pacifica和Talkspace已被证明对更容易遭受压力和焦虑的年轻人非常有效. On the flip side, 科技也会通过蓝光干扰睡眠, 断断续续的声音提醒,这是我们保持全天候联系的压力.

第三个健康时代提供了非常现实的机会,为未来的家庭提供最佳的神经支持环境. 让我们找到新的方法,告知并授权居民积极设计他们各自的家庭空间,以解决越来越多的多代家庭中的神经多样性问题. A better the relationship between people, 他们的心理健康和他们与环境的关系将清楚地为未来健康家庭的设计提供信息,并最终帮助遏制心理健康统计数据的每日增长.

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Richard Mazuch

Director of Design Research and Innovation, Architecture

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