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In The Beginning Us and It PART 1: Issues for the Twenty-first Century 1 Beneath the Surface of Today Our World, Our time, Our Opportunities A New Way for Our Time The challenges of today Problems and opportunities Choice and consciousness Beyond Individualism: The journey from style to purpose Human Impact Conscious Reconnection Process and life Elemental rebalancing From Past to Future Old wisdom; new needs Old Limits; new consciousness 2 The Elements of Life The Nourishing Elements Rooting Earth Water for Life Fresh Air Nurturing Warmth 3 Design in the Context of Life Hidden Costs Costs beneath the surface Freedom or environment or Freedom and environment Refinding visibility: Reestablishing the circle Sustainability versus affordability Sustainable and sustaining? Sustaining Sustainability Either-Or or And-and-And Ecological awareness Climate-responsive design Sustainability versus aesthetics	PART 2: People, Place and Process 4 Place and People How Environment Works on us: Unseen Influences Multi-level influence Integrity: issues of truth Place and life, mood and individuality Objects or places: The form and space of our surroundings Line, form, space and place Polarities of life and consciousness Form, space and us Place and territory: field and boundary Form-giving Principles Outer forms: inner resonance Living with Traffic Traffic and environment Reducing traffic At Home in Place: De-alienating environment Connection with place-shaping processes Scale: socially connecting or alienating The speed of change Anchoring roots in a global world Reconnection with earth Localising identity A strategy for life 5 Process-based Design Social Inclusion: Participatory Design Social process as a healing force Design with, not for, people Players, community and place Consensus technique What Places Say: Subliminal Messages The subliminal language of place Consensus design process Organic Development of Place Development: place-destroying or place-confirming? Past and future Organic design process Growing Places Growth nodes Urban densification Rural development Fitting in	PART 3: Building to Heal 6 Environment and Health Life, Soul, Spirit and Place Levels of being The physical body Life energy Moods and feelings Individuality Wholeness and health Building for Health Sick building avoidance Precautionary practice Material factors Indoor air Lighting Electrical pollution Ionizing radiation Earth radiation Daylight and Health Life-energising Surroundings Soul, Place and Health De-stressing The senses: stimulus, stress and delight Balance Spirit Nourishment 7 Healing by Design Healing Environment Health, healing and our four levels of being Illness and recovery: a journey Architecture and healing Physical surroundings Enlivening surroundings Surroundings to feed the soul Places to nourish the spirit Healing as process Sanctifying the Everyday Refinding everyday sacredness Design for the twenty-first century Sacred and secular A New Beginning It and Us
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