"Environments people inhabit and experience have the power to enhance the wellbeing of individuals and their communities. Life from the Inside promotes discussion on the potential of interior architecture to improve and extend the...
more"Environments people inhabit and experience have the
power to enhance the wellbeing of individuals and their
communities. Life from the Inside promotes discussion
on the potential of interior architecture to improve
and extend the quality of life through the design of our
built environments. The editors position the debate
through three lenses — Community Engagement,
Social Justice and Cultural Heritage. A series of essays
describe and challenge those associated with the
creation of interiors to revaluate the way the discipline
conceptualises and projects itself, and to consider
how it may contribute to addressing the pressures of
contemporary society. The key characteristics of the
profession emerge which enable significant roles to be
played in enhancing social sustainability.
This book gives form to the desire to use design for
positive change as a counter platform to a consumption
driven world. The issues raised by the authors
are relevant for individuals, government and nongovernment
organisations, professionals, students
and communities. It serves as both an informative and
stimulating reflection on what interior architecture is
and could be in the twenty-first century."