Wellness Architecture & Design Initiative Trends
2023 Trends
TREND 1:Â From Sustainability to Wellness Architecture and Regenerative Design
TREND 2:Â Planning and designing to enhance the seven human-centered wellness benefits and dimensions
TREND 3:Â Thin Places, either natural or constructed
TREND 4:Â Biophilic Design
TREND 5:Â Designing to enhance a sense of belonging and reciprocity with the land
TREND 6:Â Designing to promote greater physical movement, especially for Senior Living
TREND 7:Â Smart Homes
TREND 8:Â Open Floor Plans
TREND 9:Â Adaptive Reuse
TREND 10:Â Wellness-Oriented Spaces
TREND 11:Â Flexibility and Multi-functionality
TREND 12:Â Emphasis on local and artisanal
2022 Trends
TREND 1: Blurring Lines Between Our Internal and External Environments
TREND 2: : Architecture and Design for Sleep, Rest and Calm
TREND 3: Architecture and Design for Mental Wellness
TREND 4: Soul Architecture
2021 Trends
TREND 1:Â Spiritual and Numinous Moments in Architecture
TREND 2: Deep Integration of Nature
TREND 3: Mass Migrations Cause the Building Industry to Boom
TREND 4: Wellness Spaces Transform Our Homes Forever
TREND 5: The Microscope Is on Home Life
2020 Trends
TREND 1: Prescribing Light
TREND 2: The Architecture of Sleep
TREND 3: What to know about Electromagnetic Radiation & the Built Environment
TREND 4: Race to Net Zero
TREND 5: Earth, Humanity & the Cosmos: How Ancient Design Practices Optimize Wellbeing
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