Morgan, G T; Coleman, S; Robinson, J B; Touchie, M F; Poland, B; Jakubiec, A; Macdonald, S; Lach, N and Cao, Y (2022) Wellbeing as an emergent property of social practice. Buildings & Cities, 3(1), pp. 756-771. ISSN 2632-6655
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | buildings; built environment; social practice theory; wellbeing |
| Index terms: | aggregate, built environment, interaction, practitioner, well-being, social practice, social practice theory, ownership, foundations |
| Subjects: | practitioner, economics, structural engineering, infrastructure and transport systems, social theory, materials science, theoretical framing, behavioral psychology, mental health and wellbeing |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Urban Studies |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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