Thesis
Incorporating restorative experiential qualities and key landscape attributes to enhance the restorative experience in healing gardens within health care settings
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104
Abstract
This thesis explores how certain landscape attributes lend support to restorative experiential qualities which are relevant to healing gardens in health care settings. A multi-method approach has been taken utilizing an extensive literature review along with a case study analysis of historical precedents. The data was analyzed employing an interpretative conceptual clustering of the information to draw conclusions and design principles for consideration in restorative garden design. Through this conceptual clustering three restorative experiential qualities were identified from the literature review: sensory stimulation, movement, and control. In addition, traits and characteristics of four key landscape attributes were identified through the case study analysis -- enclosure, water, spatial configuration, and materiality—each recognized as being key contributors to the restorative experience. The relationships between these experiential qualities and the traits of the key landscape attributes result in twelve design principles that could inform more meaningful, goal-directed healing garden design by providing clear direction in how those attributes may facilitate the essential experiential qualities of restoration. Limitations and further expansions of this study are discussed.
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- Title
- Incorporating restorative experiential qualities and key landscape attributes to enhance the restorative experience in healing gardens within health care settings
- Creators
- Deborah Ann Bowers
- Contributors
- Keith Diaz Moore (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Horticulture, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525390801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis