CHANGE THE WAY YOU EXPERIENCE HOME.
The WELLbuilt™ Philosophy
The Science Behind How We Experience Home
We spend most of our lives inside buildings, yet few of us are taught to recognize how those environments continuously interact with our biology.
The WELLbuilt™ Philosophy introduces five science-informed Principles that explain how light, air, sound, visual perception, and movement influence human health, vitality, and potential.
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LIGHTING
How does light influence human biology?
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
What are people breathing?
ACOUSTICS
What are people hearing?
NEUROAESTHETICS + BIOPHILIA
How is the brain interpreting this environment?
MOVEMENT + ACCESSIBILITY
How much effort does this environment require?
Together, these Principles provide a new lens through which to understand the relationship between people and the places they inhabit.
THIS BOOK ISN’T SIMPLY TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION.
It’s to change what you notice.
Once you understand what the built environment is doing around you, it becomes very difficult to stop seeing it.
A DIFFERENT WAY OF UNDERSTANDING THE SPACES AROUND YOU
Most of us have learned to evaluate our homes by what we can readily see: layout, finishes, furniture, storage and style.
But our bodies are continuously responding to things we may rarely think about—the light reaching our eyes, the air we’re breathing, the sounds competing for our attention, the visual information surrounding us and the effort required to move through and use our spaces.
The WELLbuilt™ Philosophy introduces the science behind these often-invisible interactions.
Rather than prescribing a particular aesthetic or telling you what products to buy, it brings together established research from multiple disciplines to help you understand why an environment can influence how we feel, function and experience everyday life.
FIVE PRINCIPLES. ONE INTERCONNECTED HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
Each Principle explores a different relationship between people and the built environment:
Lighting looks beyond illumination to the relationship between light, vision, circadian biology, comfort and performance.
Indoor Air Quality examines what we’re actually breathing—and how ventilation, filtration, pollutants and everyday activities influence the air inside our homes.
Acoustics explores sound as more than an annoyance, examining how noise, privacy, reverberation and sound transmission can influence comfort, concentration, restoration and sleep.
Neuroaesthetics + Biophilia considers how the brain interprets colour, pattern, materials, nature, complexity, meaning and spatial experience—even when we’re not consciously paying attention.
Movement + Accessibility examines the physical relationship between body and space, and how thoughtful environments can reduce unnecessary effort, support independence and continue working as our needs change.
You don’t need to become an expert in any of these fields.
The goal is to give you enough understanding to ask better questions, recognize what is often overlooked, and see opportunities that may have been invisible before.
33 pages · 5 Principles · Research-informed · Beautifully illustrated · Instant digital download · $19 CAD