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Active Design: Propelling Movement Through Architecture to Boost Physical Activity

Hemeyer, Kristyn
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-3866
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522336964798673

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2018, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
When designing a project, architects are tasked with protecting the public’s health, safety, and welfare. However, how often do designers think about how a building is affecting, or possibly improving, the well-being of its occupants in everyday life? Our interactions with the built environment have a significant impact on health and should, therefore, work towards shaping lives in a positive way. In the United States, many people live sedentarily – performing little to no physical activity - which has a direct effect on their overall wellness. Living sedentarily can be due to any combination of factors, but the main focus of this research is to determine how buildings can be designed to propel physical activity by integrating opportunities for movement into everyday life. Those who are living sedentarily do not get recommended levels of exercise, which can result in both short and long-term health side effects.
Anton Harfmann, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Edson Roy Cabalfin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
73 p.
Architecture
Active Design; Active Architecture; Fitness and Design; Walkability; Stairs

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  • Hemeyer, K. (2018). Active Design: Propelling Movement Through Architecture to Boost Physical Activity [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522336964798673

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hemeyer, Kristyn. Active Design: Propelling Movement Through Architecture to Boost Physical Activity. 2018. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522336964798673.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hemeyer, Kristyn. "Active Design: Propelling Movement Through Architecture to Boost Physical Activity." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522336964798673

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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