Innovative Approaches for Shading Design to Improve Psychological Comfort in Synaptic Spaces

Baher Ismail Farahat, Helga Omar Alaeddine (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

92 Seiten

2025
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-95-0751-1 (ISBN)

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This book explores how innovative shading design improves psychological comfort in synaptic spaces – those dynamic and transitional built environments where people connect, engage, and interact. Bridging architecture, environmental psychology, and neuroarchitecture, it proposes efficient cutting-edge strategies to create responsive and flexible environments. It examines shading as a powerful design tool that transcends function to shape psychological experience, sensory balance and spatial identity. Through interdisciplinary research and case-based analysis, the book offers valuable practical guidance for architects, urban designers, and researchers seeking to create human-centered environments that foster well-being and enhance the quality of lived spaces through thoughtful design.

Baher I. Farahat is a professor of Architecture, Urban Design & Morphology at the Faculty of Architecture—Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon. He is an urban planner, designer, and architect with more than 20 years of working experience in various fields and different scales of urban-related projects. He is the supervisor of several Master's and Ph.D. theses. He participated in several design projects in Egypt, Lebanon, and the region. In addition, he is the founder and CEO of the Architectural Consulting Firm "Narratives." Helga O. Alaeddine is an associate professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut—Lebanon. She is specialized in Personality and Positive Psychology with more than 15 years of working experience in various fields, particularly in architectural psychology. She is the supervisor of several Master's and Ph.D. theses. In addition, she contributes in raising community awareness about mental health and well-being.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3. Case Studies Experiencing Different Shading Approaches in Synaptic Spaces.- Chapter 4. Conclusions and Discussions.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Urban Sustainability
Zusatzinfo	62 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	flexible architecture • Human Architecture • Psychological comfort • Shading and Shadow • Synaptic spaces • well-being
ISBN-10	981-95-0751-0 / 9819507510
ISBN-13	978-981-95-0751-1 / 9789819507511
Zustand	Neuware