Document Type : Review Article
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Architect & Ph. D researcher , ASU, Ain Shams University Architecture Dep.
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Architectural Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Main Research Supervisor
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Architectural Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. Research Supervisor
Abstract
Built environments are the physical surroundings that are man-made to satisfy their needs and solve their problems. Architects, urban designers, interior designers, environment designers, and design professors play a vital role in the built environments in Egypt, impacting individuals' mental and physical health. A new design paradigm emerged a few years ago due to years of collaborations between architects, designers, scientists, and professionals. They name it the Human Well-being Oriented Built Environment design paradigm. Some designers and scientists named it beyond green architecture. This unique design paradigm has advanced and new design principles and considerations that are principally based on the existing proven sciences, scientific theories, and design theories such as; Biophilia theory, Attention restoration theory, Stress restoration theory, Biophilic design concept, Neuroscience for architecture, and Well building standards/rating systems. This paper is part of ongoing research; its aim is to determine the extent to which designers who practice in Egypt's built environment design market consider the human well-being design principles. This research aims at exploring designers’ awareness of this design paradigm and its principles, and to what extent they apply them in the built environments in Egypt. Authors created open-ended structured in-person interviews based on the Well-being design principles. We applied inductive qualitative and descriptive coding analysis techniques to compare and correlate their responses to this design paradigm to accomplish this paper's main aim. Results showed that interviewees are not following most of the Humans Well-being Oriented Built Environments Design Principles and considerations. Furthermore, they need to be aware of this design paradigm's existing proven sciences. However, they apply some, but they rely on their design experiences and emotions not on the existing sciences of the Human Well-being. In addition, designers in Egypt do not include other scientists into design process. Interviewees believe that Egypt's built environments creators including designers are not focusing on Human Health and Well-being yet. Built Environments in Egypt are business oriented.
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