Colour design in mental healthcare environments is acutely significant. Sensory acuity may be impaired through age, illness, or heightened stress and anxiety. While research has played a role in the development of guidance on the use of colour in such environments, this article suggests that this tends to be followed in a dogmatic, risk‐averse manner and predominately without professional design input, leading to monotonous and under‐stimulating environments. The article reports on two case study projects by the authors, involving user participation and student volunteers. These colour design installations provide examples of practice‐led applied research within occupied healthcare facilities. The article discusses the significance of site‐specific colour design in relation to place‐making and wayfinding with reference to previous research that considers the role of colour as part of the everyday experience of all users, in contrast to an approach focused solely on the behavior of patients. It concludes that colour design knowledge developed and applied through “real world” live projects, involving students as part of their architectural education can address some of the shortcomings of laboratory or staged colour research.

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在这里，那里和之间进行着色—在精神健康环境中进行场所设置和寻路

精神保健环境中的色彩设计极为重要。感觉敏锐度可能会因年龄，疾病或压力和焦虑加剧而受损。尽管研究在这种环境下使用颜色的指导原则的制定中发挥了作用，但本文建议，这种做法倾向于以教条化，规避风险的方式进行，并且主要是在没有专业设计投入的情况下进行，从而导致单调和欠缺刺激的环境。本文报道了作者的两个案例研究项目，涉及用户参与和学生志愿者。这些色彩设计装置提供了在占用的医疗机构中以实践为导向的应用研究的实例。这篇文章讨论了针对特定地点的色彩设计在场所设置和寻路方面的重要性，并参考了之前的研究，该研究认为色彩是所有用户日常体验的一部分，而不是仅仅关注行为的方法。的患者。结论是，通过“现实世界”的现场项目开发和应用的色彩设计知识可以解决实验室或分阶段色彩研究的一些缺点，这些色彩设计知识将学生纳入建筑教育之中。