Design for Wellbeing

With thoughtful and strategic design choices, the built environment has great potential to be a medium that supports healing and well-being. Landscape, materials, shape, color, layout and more become tools to bring harmony to the site, building and occupant.

 

As a style-agnostic layer to design that is appropriate for buildings of any type, wellness architecture affects the feeling and experience of a space rather than the look.

 

Considerations may include:

  • Water and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

  • Acoustics and Noise Mitigation

  • Material Toxicity & VOCs

  • Natural Materials and Features

  • Sensory Friendly Environments

  • Lifestyle & Luxury Features

  • Kitchen and Food Production

  • Security and Smart Features

  • Wellness Certification (WELL, Fitwel)

  • Overall Balance and Harmony (for both site and structure)

  • Relationship with Land and Conscientious Building

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In partnership with holistic practitioner and wellness design consultant El Larson, we offer the following scope of services:

 

Low/ Non-Toxic Material Recommendations

  • Furnishings & Textiles

  • Adhesives

  • VOCs

  • Electronics, appliances, and other contributors

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Acoustics

  • Environmental noise (freeway, airport)

  • Mechanical noise (HVAC, electronics)

  • Privacy

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Kitchen

  • Kitchen Arrangement

  • Wellness Appliances

  • Low VOC applications

  • Non-porous surfaces

  • Appropriate storage methods and techniques

  • Task lighting

 

Bathroom

  • Home Spa Fixtures (indoor & outdoor)

  • Radiant temperature control

  • Aroma therapy

  • Task lighting

 

Smart Home

  • Air & water quality sensors

  • Lighting

  • Temperature control

  • Security & Surveillance

 

Biophilic Design

Appealing to humans’ innate tendency to connect with nature, this strategy incorporates natural elements and references to nature, including materials, colors, patterns, and outside views.

  • materials

  • indoor plants

  • colors & textures

  • aroma

 

Feng Shui

Feng Shui is the ancient system of selecting and arranging spaces and elements so energy can favorably move through, nourishing the building and inhabitants. In addition to layout, considerations include the surrounding landscape, elements, color, materials, and occupant health.

  • Overall Balance & Support in Areas of Life

  • Color/ Material Recommendations

  • Element Features

  • Placement Recommendations

     o Energy flow

     o Command position

  • Landscape Recommendations

     o Arrangement

     o Plant color/ type

     o Edible Landscape/ Aromatherapy gardens

     o Power spots/ Meditation areas

 

Sacred Geometry

The practice of overlaying a symbolic geometric pattern or system on the site and structure to inform various aspects of design.

  • Building Orientation

  • Proportions

  • Spatial Relationships

 

Space Clearing & Land Ceremonies

We believe regenerative practices start by building a respectful relationship with the earth that supports us and adopting the approach of living ‘with’ the land – not just ‘on’ it. These practices consider the past and future impacts of on the land, whether physical or energetic.

  • Space Clearing and Energetic Land Balancing

  • Groundbreaking and Land Ceremonies

  • Tree Removal Ceremonies

 

Certificate Standards and Equivalents (WELL, fitwel)

Wellness building standards are applied to ensure healthy levels are met for air and water quality, sound, lighting and thermal comfort, and toxicity of materials. The framework and standards can be applied whether a building is seeking certification.

  • Air Ventilation/ Filtration

  • Water Filtration/ Ionization

  •  Lighting (Ambient, Task & Circadian Rhythm)

     o Smart home systems (see above)

     o Quality of light (temperature, color rendering, noise)

  • Acoustics (see above)

  • Low/ Non-Toxic Materials (see above)