Emotional Highs: Therapeutic Effects On The Environment

Buildings will support inner and outer senses, as well as physical well being by enhancing biophilic qualities as they combine utility with beauty.

As interaction with domestic animals has proven therapeutic affects, there will be an area to play with puppies when employees feel stressed. Emotional highs are created through love, music, poetry and literature. There will be rooms solely dedicated to reading and listening to music and there will be inspirational quotes doted on walls so that employees have these highs during work.

Buildings will be glass fronted and there will be no solid walls merely glass patricians maximising the natural light. Senses will be stimulated by shapes, colours, textures and features. Designs will not overwhlem
Geometry will be inspired by numerology and spiral patterns that occur in nature and will have a 3D dimension. The spiral configurations are powerful movements encouraging creativity. All materials used will be natural and include stone, mud brick and timber so as to minimise impact on the environment. The interior features will also use these natural materials to ensure eco friendliness. This will all emulate Clear patricians will also function as white boards for brainstorming. Post-it notes can be stuck to white walls to perform ‘The Deep Dive’. Both of which will facilitate creativity and

innovation. There will be a roof garden to feed our innate desire for gardens and trips to the countryside. symmetry, harmony and balance and will be nurturing for employees rather than draining, as they stimulate the senses. The result will be increased creativity and productivity.

Water dispensers will encourage ‘collisions’ of employees.

Private offices will allow employees to work on individual
Technologies will allow employees to connect anytime, anywhere.

participation and playfulness. They will combine social media and professionalism.

Materials will be easily printable directly from devices. Software across all devices will allow for global video conferencing .

Electronic communication platforms can mean that employees never meet and this can be extremely isolating. A lack of synergies may result in a decrease in innovation. Therefore future platforms must bring employees together, whether it’s through audio meetings, video conferences or face to face meetings.

KNOWLEDGE ORGANISATIONS’ FUTURE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. APPLICATIONS. INTERFACES.
Interfaces are becoming increasingly Application designs will transfer from the physical world to the virtual world and will be stored on a ‘cloud’. This will allow access to the information anywhere. intuitive. There is a need for the virtual world need to fit with the practical world. With Augmented reality the world around us is the