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By Vito Associates

An individual’s well-being can be affected by their built-environment by the sense. The feeling of safe, secure, and danger within a space can affect a person’s well-being.

Physical: Built Environment, Senses, Lifestyle

Human beings innately feel and assess the environment through the five senses. A person’s reaction to a space can be based through the senses, either negatively or positively. Humans have evolved through their senses and have built systems that cater to their needs.

Emotion in architecture can be linked to how architecture exudes a “sense of place”where the emotion experienced of a particular architecture can be shaped by its “sense of place”. Often, “sense of place” can help an architecture take on a type of personality and this personality can serve to trigger emotion in its building occupants because it connects with them.

Emotional: Feelings, Emotions, Social Relationships

Studies show that emotions are the key factors in a person’s wellbeing. That said, emotions and feelings can affect a person’s judgement. While emotions are associated with the physical aspect, feelings are the conscious experience of emotional reactions.

Spiritual: Beliefs, Traditions, Purpose

Studies have established connections between psychology and physiology in architecture. These studies illustrate the relationship between a person’s sense of self and spirituality with their built environment. Spiritual wellbeing is what separates a typical consideration for wellbeing. It is rooted in the traditions and beliefs of the Filipino household, and how the space affects both the individual and the family.

Intellect: Mindset, Behavior, Judgement

Intellectual functioning—also called intelligence—refers to general mental capacity, such as learning, reasoning, problem solving, and etc. A person’s wellbeing can be affected by their intellect, specifically their ability to make rational choices.

Architecture can affect behavior because people adapt and react to their surroundings and when the built environment considers what’s healthier for people, those modiciations are for the good.