Beyond Well-being : Contemplative Design Technology for a Flourishing Built World

It is a human right of all individuals to have access to resources that promote not just their first-order needs but also their higher order human needs of self-actualization and self-transcendence as defined by Maslow. Recent neuroscience research is revealing that the built environments we inhabit everyday have the potential to become a powerful mediator of this level of human flourishing at fundamental physiological, psychological and neurological levels.

As humanity braces for the unprecedented global challenges of the coming decades, we as architects and designers have to dare to design an equitable built world of flourishing, not just well-being, for all. How can we successfully meet this challenge?

In this 90-minute interactive workshop you will learn about exciting findings from the field of neuroaesthetics that will expand your ability to design flourishing spaces more intentionally. You will also engage in several fun and evidence-based design tools and practices that draw…