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DESIGN FOR CHILDREN
Presents design guidelines for overall issues and specific spaces, focusing on the psycho social impact of design. Annotated review of selected literature, organized in outline form by topic. Includes photographs, floorplans, and illustrations.
Drawing on the results of field studies, the author looks at the world through children's eyes: how they perceive their surroundings; how they claim territory as their own; and how the physical environment contributes to their development and learning. The book concludes with policy recommendations for urban planners, designers, and decision makers.
This book will appeal to all segments of human services: managers, supervisors, clinicians, caregivers, and advocates and loved ones of children, persons with disabilities, and older Americans. It contains new insights and daring recommendations for improving human services where they will most count -- at the emotional impact point. The author presents readers with the delicate issues handled boldly, rediscovering with them the intimacy of caring for others and the forces that combine to enhance or subtract from a humane outcome. This comprehensive view is rich with illustrations, analysis, and methods of the magnitude of accepting responsibility for a child, patient, or client. Design Standards for Children's Environments A complete, essential guide to designing for children. Find all the guidelines, standards, and products you need to design any space for children in this one unique, professional resource. This book brings together the entire range of information needed for creating child-centered spaces - including anthropometric data and facilities for the disabled child, plus standards and sources for building products, furnishings, and more. Designing the World's Best Children's Hospitals A reference guide for teams of healthcare and design professionals, as well as parents who engage in the exciting journey of creating a healing environment as they plan the construction or renovation of a children's hospital or pediatric unit. Features seven chapters written by various healthcare and design professionals, which are illustrated with color photos of exemplary projects. Another gem is the author's "Ten Guiding Principles of a Successful Project." To order, e-mail the publisher at books@images.com.au Designing the World's Best Children's Hospitals: The future of healing environments Bruce King Komiske, editor Images Publishing 2005 168 pages Hardcover This book expands and updates the previous edition, published in 1999 (above). It showcases the many new facilities that have been completed since 1999, and demonstrates the progress made of the past five years in creating healing environments. To order, e-mail the publisher at books@images.com.au.
The physical design of healthcare facilities is known to impact the healing process of patients. But how much effect does facility design really have? What is the most effective choice of design in a world of carefully managed resources? Designmers, planners, and healthcare providers need to know how to make the best choices for effective pediatric patient care in a safe and nurturing atmosphere. The author of this book summarizes the available research, suggests the direction of future studies, and provide information to help professionals produce socially responsible pediatric healthcare design.
In this award-winning book, co-authored by nationally syndicated design columnist Ro Logrippo, the author reveals revolutionary ideas for co-designing living & learning environments ranging from residential spaces to pediatric settings. Over 100 color photographs demonstrating examples of the Torrice‰s innovative designs.
Designers and savvy partents looking to provide a supportive environment for kids will discover wonderful ideas in this book. Nearly all of the 130 color photos depict actual kid‰s rooms demonstrating workable solutions to the design challenges that arise from today's lifestyles.
This award-winning book is the industry standard for planners, designers, and managers of outdoor play settings. The most comprehensive design resource available for integrating children of all abilities in the same play area, it addresses a full range of play-related issues: safety and risk management accessibility and integration, maintenance, and (most importantly) child development. |
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