Studio Brief 3 - Critical reflection and proposal

Monday 14 January 2019

COP3: Practical Brief Research

House Plants:

House plants are often used in large spaces and within peoples homes, bedrooms etc.

There have also been noted physical and mental health benefits of house plants.

House Plants Assist in Easier Breathing

Our body takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide when we breathe. During photosynthesis, plants do absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Thus, this opposite pattern of gas use makes plants and people natural partners. So, by adding house plants to the interior spaces, we can increase the oxygen levels inside.

House Plants are Beneficial in Quick Recovery and Overall Health

Most of us must have noticed house plants placed in hospitals. As per researchers at Kansas State University, adding house plants to hospital rooms actually speed up recovery rates of surgical patients, compared to patients in rooms without house plants. It is also noticed that patients in rooms with the house plants experience less pain and request less pain medication, have lower heart rates and lower blood pressure, experienced less anxiety and fatigue and also were released from the hospital sooner.
Benefits of House Plants in Improving Sleep
House plants aid in improving sleep. You can have an improved sleep by keeping house plants, especially like Gerbera daisies that give off oxygen at night.
Benefits of House Plants in Improving Focus and Mental Acuity
House plants are known to increase our focus, memory , heighten our attention and enhance creativity in us by increasing the oxygen in the air we breathe and by removing pollutants present in the air inside our home.
Mental Health Benefits of House Plants
House plants can contribute to our feeling of wellbeing, make us calmer and be optimistic. They help us in improving our mental health. Research has shown that having house plants help in reducing stress, anxiety, and enhance feelings of calm and improve mood and self esteem to a greater way. Plants in house also aid in easing feelings of depression and enhance general feeling of well being and mind.

HOUSE PLANTS= FOCUS
(something that being mindful improves)

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