Representing curves found in nature like treelike shapes, ovals, semi curvilinear forms.
(e.g., egg & dart moulding, arching columns & domes)

CURVES & ARCHES

Research

1. Children and young people prefer thematic design w/ nature, plants, tress or flowers in hospitals *not indicated if living or representation in article (Coad & Coad, 2008).

2. Theoretical, historical examples (Hersey, 1999).

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References

Coad, J., & Coad, N. (2008). Children and young people’s preference of thematic design and colour for their hospital environment. Journal of Child Health Care, 12(1), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493507085617

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Hersey, G. L. (2001). The monumental impulse: Architecture’s biological roots (First MIT Press paperback edition). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.