Happy by Design: A Guide to Architecture and Mental Wellbeing

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A recent report by Airtopia awarded our Balham development, The Tramyard, an A rating for indoor air quality. I wanted to bring my knowledge of mental health and mindfulness to the fore in the design process, helping clients create buildings that would make their users happier and promote wellbeing. Offering practical insight and visual inspiration on successful lighting solutions and schemes, this accessible lighting design guide offeris a toolbox of techniques to apply in practice. These systems give our homes a constant supply of clean, fresh air, while removing stale air and nasty pollutants from the atmosphere.

Ben’s book shows us how deeply affected by our environments we are and describes the important steps and considerations needed to design effectively for wellbeing. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This guide is designed to help students understand what a 'site analysis' is and why it is valuable to their design proposals, this book provides 100 easy-to-follow rules of thumb with simple line drawings and illustrations to help. These systems are sensitively balanced, and even small changes in the amount of daylight we receive can have substantial impacts on our mood, productivity and overall wellbeing.

There are so many changes we can make to our surroundings – from minor adjustments to those on an urban scale -that will have a palpable effect on our mental wellbeing for the better. As somebody who thinks and learns in a visual way, these books really spoke to me and I wanted to recreate some of this feel to share with readers in Happy by Design. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a professional, approachable company that provides quality service and great results!Ben Channon, Associate and Mental Wellbeing Ambassador, has authored and illustrated his first book, ‘ Happy by Design: A Guide to Architecture and Mental Wellbeing’, out on RIBA Publishing. During this time, I realised that mental health issues can affect anyone – regardless of creed, class or colour and that the mental wellbeing implications of design were mostly being ignored within the study and practice of architecture.

This book is just adorable; its topic, its approach, its aim, its size, its editing, its all too good. From the paint color that’s been named the happiest to the science of getting a good night’s sleep, Happy by Design offers bite-sized and affordable design ideas that are accessible to all—from a young renter in an urban apartment to a busy family in their own home. Having carved out a reputation as an industry expert on this subject, he is now in high demand on panel discussions, podcasts, at major corporations and for university lectures. He developed an interest in design for mental health, wellbeing and happiness after suffering with anxiety problems in his mid-twenties. Each of the featured architectural interventions includes an analysis of the wellbeing benefits as well as the potential limitations or associated challenges.In January 2020 he was invited to join the WELL Mind Advisory panel, using his expertise to raise the bar for healthy buildings worldwide.