Landscapes of Longevity: Designing for Holistic Well-being & Preventative Health

Start Date

04/05/2017

End Date

04/05/2017

Description

In communities with extremely high longevity, what are the physical, social, cultural, and spatial characteristics of the cultural landscapes? How do our everyday landscapes inform routines and behaviors that can either support or hinder our holistic well-being? This session will examine insights from an investigation of 3 cultural landscapes of extraordinarily high longevity and the relationships of the seniors in those locations to their everyday environments. It will explore contempo

Location

Mechanicsville, VA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Healthcare & Therapeutic Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the correlation between holistic well-being and our everyday environments

2. Distinguish between preventative health (salutogenic) design and reactionary (prescriptive) design.

3. Translate findings from contemporary public health and design research into the landscape architecture design process.

Instructors

Harriett Jameson, Asa Eslocker

Course Codes

Provider

Virginia Chapter of the ASLA

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