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    Architecture Can Elevate Human Spirit

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    Universities can be stressful places for students due to academic pressures and personal issues. Well-designed open spaces on campus can help alleviate student stress by providing areas for relaxation, socializing, and exposure to nature. Open spaces act as joints that integrate different areas of campus while also creating visual interest. They encourage casual meetings and discussions that can spark creative ideas. When designed with plants, habitats, and other features, open spaces form mini-ecosystems that benefit both environmental and human health on campus. Both social interaction and connections with the natural environment promoted by open spaces can contribute to the overall well-being of the university community.

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    Universities can be stressful places for students due to academic pressures and personal issues. Well-designed open spaces on campus can help alleviate student stress by providing areas for relaxation, socializing, and exposure to nature. Open spaces act as joints that integrate different areas of campus while also creating visual interest. They encourage casual meetings and discussions that can spark creative ideas. When designed with plants, habitats, and other features, open spaces form mini-ecosystems that benefit both environmental and human health on campus. Both social interaction and connections with the natural environment promoted by open spaces can contribute to the overall well-being of the university community.

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    Universities can be stressful places for students due to academic pressures and personal issues. Well-designed open spaces on campus can help alleviate student stress by providing areas for relaxation, socializing, and exposure to nature. Open spaces act as joints that integrate different areas of campus while also creating visual interest. They encourage casual meetings and discussions that can spark creative ideas. When designed with plants, habitats, and other features, open spaces form mini-ecosystems that benefit both environmental and human health on campus. Both social interaction and connections with the natural environment promoted by open spaces can contribute to the overall well-being of the university community.

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    Architecture Can Elevate Human Spirit

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    Universities can be stressful places for students due to academic pressures and personal issues. Well-designed open spaces on campus can help alleviate student stress by providing areas for relaxation, socializing, and exposure to nature. Open spaces act as joints that integrate different areas of campus while also creating visual interest. They encourage casual meetings and discussions that can spark creative ideas. When designed with plants, habitats, and other features, open spaces form mini-ecosystems that benefit both environmental and human health on campus. Both social interaction and connections with the natural environment promoted by open spaces can contribute to the overall well-being of the university community.

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    Architecture Can Elevate Human Spirit

    Spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath," and like breath, spirit is considered a fundamental
    part of being alive. I’m making an environment animate (“alive” comes from the Latin verb
    meaning “to give life to”) by passive techniques.
    Universities act as a power house, gushing forth innovative ideas, creative thinking and tangible
    effects of social and cultural vitality, by connecting the most intelligent, active researchers with
    a wide source of new knowledge. However, many students are exposed to high levels of stress in
    their university life. Surveys repetitively show an increasing number of university students who
    are experiencing significant stress due to interpersonal conflicts, self-esteem problems, financial
    constraints, time constraints, frustration and emotional problems. Stress referring to
    an imbalance between environmental demands and human response capabilities has been
    evidently linked with physical ill and deteriorated mental health. The stressful university life also
    threatens students‫ ׳‬academic performance. In this sense, design of campus is far beyond
    providing a place for study. It should also be healing–serving functional as well as mental needs.
    Open spaces located between buildings and working as joints of surrounding environments,
    provide a sense of direction in a campus by integrating and organizing different places and
    elements; they also can provide an esthetic sense by involving attractive surroundings and
    creating visual surprises. Many creative and innovative ideas occur in outdoor environments,
    away from formal classes and discussions. The natural scenery and a relaxing atmosphere in open
    spaces encourage impromptu meetings and discussions, and provide fresh air for stressed
    scholars. open spaces as the sphere for micro-ecology and sustainable environments are believed
    to lead to a healthy community where plants, natural habitats, pavements, shades and lights
    jointly create an eco-system and microclimate in addition to supplying comfort and sustenance
    for users.
    The dual role for social interaction and environmental enhancement–mutually reinforcing one
    another, features an open space in healthy campus life. How to design open spaces to alleviate
    students‫ ׳‬stress and to promote healthy campus life.
    To increase the energy efficiency of a building, a variety of active and passive design strategies
    can be incorporated. Active strategies usually consist of heating and cooling systems, while
    passive design measures include building orientation, air sealing, continuous insulation, windows
    and daylighting, and designing a building to take advantage of natural ventilation opportunities.
    Incorporating passive cooling techniques would certainly reduce our dependency on artificial
    means for thermal comfort and minimize the environmental problems due to excessive
    consumption of energy and other natural resources and hence will evolve a built form, which will
    be more climate responsive, more sustainable and more environmental friendly of tomorrow.

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