Browsing by Subject "Nature -- Psychological aspects."
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Biophilic Veterans Rehab Center: A Place for Healing
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The topic of this thesis project is a veterans rehab center that utilizes biophilic design. Biophilia is thought to help expedite the healing process for many kinds of ailments from mental to physical. The rehab center ... -
Force of Nature: Encouraging Therapeutic Design and Healing through Social, Sensory and Seasonal Planning for the Stanford Broadway Medical Center
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Hospitals are revered as the epicenter of health and some doctors are even equated to gods. Modern medicine has come a long way and many lives have been spared due to medical advances of the 20th century. Yet most patients ... -
Healing By The Sea: An Empirical Study Into Biophilic Design
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This thesis will explore the question, to what extent can biomimicry benefit occupants of a tropical biophilic design? The typology under investigation is a tropical resort with design focus placed on biomimicry, positively ... -
Natural Healing: Physical and Spiritual Healing (in a Powerful and Nurturing Setting)
(North Dakota State University, 2016)This thesis, Natural Healing: Physical and Spiritual Healing (in a Powerful and Nurturing Setting), examines how healing spaces in a clinical setting can influence the healing process of cancer patients undergoing treatment ... -
Resurgence: Adapting Ecological Succession to Promote Human and Wildlife Interaction
(2016)This work studies the effects of turf grass surrounding rural housing. It examines degree of turf management, the human relationship with nature and turf grass, aesthetics of nature and turf grass, principles of ecological ...