Intangible sensory influences on user health, safety, and welfare in the micro environment (office): A visual database of color effects
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1998
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Lee, Jeongeun
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Malven, Frederic
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Health problems in the office environment are a pervasive issue. This issue has been the concern of environmental designers for a long time. The office environment is the most dangerous microenvironment, because people spend at least one third of their day in this environment where threats to occupants' health, safety, and welfare are ongoing. Health problems and stress are the result of peoples' negative perceptions of intangible energy types in the environment. This concern arises from an understanding of the fact that unhealthiness results from an improper environment composed of luminous, sonic, and atmospheric energy types. Generally, these three energy types are controlled by manipulating physical elements such as glare, noise, and humidity.
They can also be controlled through the manipulation of color perception in the environment. As a major factor in the architectural environment, color has a great impact on people's psychological reactions and physiological well being. This study focused on a consideration of the perception of color on the three energy types. To achieve this goal, the author defined and reviewed control concepts of the three energy types, and reviewed the perception of color on the three energy types. The author presented this information as a visual database to educate interior design students and practitioners about ways to apply these theories. The database was created by using a semiological approach and computer applications.
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