How the sensory experience of buildings can contribute to wellbeing and productivity

Buildings should have productive environments that contribute to occupant wellbeing. An important aspect of this is how the user experiences the building through the full range of their senses. This paper reviews the current understanding of wellbeing and productivity as reported in published papers to examine how they relate to comfort and sensory design. It explores the idea that comfort is just one aspect of wellbeing and productivity. Designing for wellbeing and productivity gives a greater range of possible design solutions than designing for comfort alone.