Tailored Visual Environments
Throughout time, in all cultures, people have used a mixture of intuition and tradition to arrange their living spaces in attempts to optimize health, child development, and well being. In the Tailored Visual Environment (TVE) project, PSE has responded to the growing public desire for scientifically designed living spaces by pairing its human factors expertise together with that of UCSD researchers in neuroscience and developmental psychology to create a new, evidence-based conceptual framework for tailored living space designs for the entire family.
TVE's are 'tailored' in that they are designed to promote the development of certain beneficial psychological states congruent with individual family members' needs. Thus, the living spaces are designed specifically for the individuals who inhabit them, be they infants, children or adults. For example, infant rooms are designed to promote perceptual development and social engagement.
To create TVEs, we applied research findings on:
Infant visual development
How the visual environment affects development and which features promote perceptual development and engagement.
Temperament
What different temperaments exist and how best might they best be complemented
Promoting mood with interior design
How visual scenes and interior design elements influence mood.
Construction began in early 2004 on the first of a series of condominium complexes in Tokyo following the Tailored Visual Environment framework PSE helped develop.
If you have Apple Quicktime installed on your computer, you can take a Virtual Tour of several of the Tailored Visual Environment rooms.
If you don't have Quicktime, but want to install it, click on the "Get Quicktime" button below.
References and Downloads:
Dobkins, K.R., Heyman, G.D., Smallman, H. S. (2001). Tailored visual environments: scientific literature review and project overview. Pacific Science & Engineering Group Technical Report.
