A Framework for Well-Being in Interiors

Abstract

This chapter aims to propose an environmental design framework in order to contribute to sustainability with well-being criteria focusing on human factors. Designers need to handle the issue of well-being with a methodological approach, as it is very difficult to achieve with an intuitive attitude. There are several requirements that need to be fulfilled in order to create the environment that can promote user well-being. The framework proposal, consisting of contextual, functional, psychological, social, ergonomic, aesthetic, and sensory requirements as basic design criteria, aims to support both theoretical and practical activities regarding well-being in all living environments, as a crucial component of sustainability. In this sense, this chapter discusses all the components of the well-being framework and evaluates the effect of cultural differences on the hierarchy of these requirements.