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Item Restricted Cancer Care Centre : the Role of Interior Architecture in the Healing Experience of Cancer Patients(2023) Nur Harita Binte Mohd Tahir; Brünjes, Katrin; Juan, Ignacio; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied SciencesAUTHOR-SUPPLIED ABSTRACT: Abstract Cancer is a life-threatening disease that has various side effects on a patient's mental, physical, and emotional health. This traumatic and lonely experience results in a need to improve the healing experience of a patient, especially with cancer cases expecting to rise drastically. The increase in demand for cancer care centers also demands a better-designed center. It is more difficult to obtain the opinions of a patient's experience in comparison to obtaining the perspectives of doctors, caretakers, and designers. Thus, this thesis aims to narrow that gap by focusing on the opinions and voices of patients' experiences while analyzing the different interior design strategies that are influential on the healing experience of these patients. Spatial arrangement, lighting, furniture, materials, and colors strategies will be discussed with the support of three case studies of cancer care centers from different countries. A design project, The Healing Retreat, will be included in this thesis to provide an example of how a potential cancer care center can be designed. Keywords: cancer, patient experience, healing experience, interior design strategies, spatial arrangement, lighting, furniture, materials, colors, cancer care centers, case studies, design projectItem Restricted Communication through material textures(2020) Sajjad, Malaika; Hillmann-Regett, Jan; Tibus, Alexander; bachelor thesis in Graphic Design"Touch can trigger memories and emotions deep in one's brain. Physical touch is a basic human need and without realising one is constantly in touch with its surrounding. Many emotional communication channels have been conducted decoding emotions such as anger, sadness, happiness and fear just through physical touch. The main elements for graphic design are highlighted as colour, shape, typography and digital textures. In design actual physical material textures are associated with graphically designed products like packaging, print advertisements, brochures, corporate identity etc. Through the physical feel of material textures, messages can be communicated and 'felt' at a faster rate than using visuals textures and can result in less text used. The role of material textures is to communicate the message of the brand at a much more personal and closer level with the consumer resulting in quick feedbacks and reactions. A brand also needs to stand out and offer this experience on the first encounter with the user to expand and establish a connection with their customers. The first interaction a potential customer has with a brand through any medium like an advertisement or a product on a shelf sets the mood and future thought process to become a customer eventually. It is necessary for designers and the brands to understand and study such tactile sensations. Material textures, used on different packaging or print media, can convey a message and can provoke a pattern of emotions that the user is supposed to feel through these sensational elements. Understanding of sensations can aid the designer to predict the emotional attraction towards the brand and simultaneously dodge those that are unwanted, such as emotions of distaste in response towards a certain design. The design sets a guide and tool kit to decode and understand some material textures which can communicate messages, trigger feelings or memories associated with certain textures and existing materials. Some materials can be perceived differently but can trigger the same emotions, only the touch on fingers in either pleasant or unpleasant."Item Restricted Health-conscious building : how material emissions affect the quality of interior spaces(2019) Tscharner, Matthias; Larsen, Sigurd; Martín, Javier; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied Sciences"Today's focus on healthier lifestyles is leading many people to question the influence of building structures and interior spaces on their wellbeing. Most people spend approximately 90% of their entire life in interior spaces breathing air which may contain toxic chemicals from building materials. [...] The following question will be discussed, analyzed and answered in this thesis. How can volatile organic compounds (VOCs) be avoided and a health-promoting residential building be created? A close examination of materials and construction methods that will ensure the lowest total volatile organic compound (TVOC) values and thus support healthy indoor air quality will be performed. Indoor air quality measurements will be done to clarify this issue. Additionally, olfactory and visual material preferences will be evaluated by a survey. The results of the broad literature research, the TVOC measurements and survey results serve as guides for architects, interior designers, planners and builders and should support them in the planning of a low-emission house. To be able to discuss and answer the research question the following additional questions need to be addressed: 1. What effects does the conventional construction of residential buildings have on indoor air quality and what are the health risks? 2. Which opportunities to influence do architects and planners have during the planning process to optimize the health safety and the quality of residential properties? The overall health and well-being of people occupying interior spaces is mainly influenced by five physical quantities: - Room air temperature - Temperature of the room enclosing surfaces (floor, walls & ceiling) - Air circulation - Humidity - Gaseous and dusty contaminants (VOC emissions) Four of the above criteria are well controlled in most of the western world. However, the fifth criterion has again become a problem in the last several decades although removing fossil fuel-based heating systems. The focus on energy savings and the wish to lower pollution levels in the atmosphere led to higher pollution in today's buildings. The problem of indoor air pollution is analyzed and described in this work. A possible solution is presented in this context and can be found in chapter 3.4. and the final section."