CBC’s Spark with Nora Young: Architecture for Well-being

"When we have spaces that are monoliths, which means you're walking past it, and it's just the same thing after the same thing after the same thing, at a scale that feels totally out of proportion with your human body, that naturally makes us uncomfortable," Erin Peavey, an architect and design researcher at Dallas-based firm HKS and the host of the podcast Shared Spaces, told Young.

"If that building is up against a road with fast moving traffic, that's even worse. If there is no barrier, like any sort of nature to absorb that or to help you to feel safe, all of those things are stressing your system." 

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/fascination-is-key-to-healthy-urban-living-says-researcher-1.6710116