Rebecca Stinchcombe: The Psychological Impact of the Built Environment

This episode features a conversation with Rebecca Stinchcombe, a final year undergraduate student on the BA (Hons) Interior Design course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores the psychological impact of the built environment in context of small dwellings 

In conversation with Rebecca are Dr Leanne Freeman and Dr Mickeal Milocco-Borlini  

You can find out more about Rebecca’s work via  Instagram: @stinch_studios_ or linkedin here.  

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

• Petermans A., et al. (2019) “Design for wellbeing in architecture and interior architecture,”. Routledge.
• Caan, S. (2011) Rethinking design and interiors human beings in the built environment. 1st edition. London: Laurence King Pub.
• 6A architects, Tree house - Ott (2014). Tree House / 6a Architects. [online] ArchDaily. Available Here.
• IR Arquitectura, El Camarin - Santibañez, D. (2018). El Camarin / IR arquitectura. [online] ArchDaily. Available Here.
• Abbas, S. et al. (2024) ‘Neuroarchitecture: How the Perception of Our Surroundings Impacts the Brain’, Biology (Basel, Switzerland), 13(4).
• Coburn, A. et al. (2020) ‘Psychological and neural responses to architectural interiors’, Cortex, 126, pp. 217–241.

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