Wellbeing as an emergent property of social practice
Wellbeing in buildings is often approached by practitioners and researchers as the aggregate result of individual interactions between building occupants and building features. This sum-of-the-parts approach, however, ignores the ways in which broader social ('i.e'. sense of ownership and...
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| author | Garrett T. Morgan Sylvia Coleman John B. Robinson Marianne F. Touchie Blake Poland Alstan Jakubiec Sarah MacDonald Norene Lach Yuan Cao |
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| description | Wellbeing in buildings is often approached by practitioners and researchers as the aggregate result of individual interactions between building occupants and building features. This sum-of-the-parts approach, however, ignores the ways in which broader social ('i.e'. sense of ownership and belonging) and symbolic ('i.e'. what it means to be ‘well’ in a specific culture at a particular place and time) components of wellbeing influence occupant experience of the built environment. A social practice perspective on wellbeing in buildings is proposed that accounts for these elements. Beginning with discussions of how wellbeing has been assessed and the foundations of social practice theory, it is suggested that occupant wellbeing is emergent not just from individual interactions with building features but also from broader social and symbolic elements. 'Policy relevance' A social practice perspective on wellbeing in buildings has implications for both the assessment of wellbeing and the role of wellbeing in the building design process. Integrating social and symbolic elements into measures of wellbeing pushes assessment beyond the typical focus on comfort and spatial experience (indoor environmental quality). These more nuanced assessments may in turn shape how wellbeing is addressed in building design, construction, and management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a40816012c754a4ea0093aa9924a73d92023-09-03T06:28:00ZengUbiquity PressBuildings & Cities2632-66552022-10-013110.5334/bc.262146Wellbeing as an emergent property of social practiceGarrett T. Morgan0Sylvia Coleman1John B. Robinson2Marianne F. Touchie3Blake Poland4Alstan Jakubiec5Sarah MacDonald6Norene Lach7Yuan Cao8Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONMunk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONMunk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONDepartment of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONSchool of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design; University of Toronto, Toronto, ONDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONDepartment of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONWellbeing in buildings is often approached by practitioners and researchers as the aggregate result of individual interactions between building occupants and building features. This sum-of-the-parts approach, however, ignores the ways in which broader social ('i.e'. sense of ownership and belonging) and symbolic ('i.e'. what it means to be ‘well’ in a specific culture at a particular place and time) components of wellbeing influence occupant experience of the built environment. A social practice perspective on wellbeing in buildings is proposed that accounts for these elements. Beginning with discussions of how wellbeing has been assessed and the foundations of social practice theory, it is suggested that occupant wellbeing is emergent not just from individual interactions with building features but also from broader social and symbolic elements. 'Policy relevance' A social practice perspective on wellbeing in buildings has implications for both the assessment of wellbeing and the role of wellbeing in the building design process. Integrating social and symbolic elements into measures of wellbeing pushes assessment beyond the typical focus on comfort and spatial experience (indoor environmental quality). These more nuanced assessments may in turn shape how wellbeing is addressed in building design, construction, and management.https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/262buildingsbuilt environmentsocial practice theorywellbeing |
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