DOI:10.6129/CJP.202306_65(2).0003

中華心理學刊 民 112，65 卷，2 期，127-144
Chinese Journal of Psychology 2023, Vol.65, No.2, 127-144

Chun-Yen Chang(Department of Horticulture Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University); Chien-Chung Chen(Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University); Li-Chih Ho(Department of the Landscape Architecture, Tunghai University); Shih-Han Hung(Department of the Landscape Architecture, Tunghai University); Yu-Chen Yeh(Department of Horticulture Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University); Yu-Hsin Tung(Department of Horticulture Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University); Ang Yeh(Department of Horticulture Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University)
Abstract

Numerous studies and reports indicate that college students suffer from mental health, such as depression, anxiety, or even thoughts of suicide. However, the campus environment is an important place in the built environment for humans to contact nature. A well-designed campus environment with natural elements could have a positive impact on students' learning and performance. At present, studies have confirmed that "nature" in the living environment can directly or indirectly affect human's physical and psychological health and even brain activations. Based on this, the research raises the question: The campus environment is the main living space for students. To what extent does the campus environment have a potential for restorativeness? To what extent could the campus environment provide a sense of happiness, thereby reducing the generation of negative emotions, and achieving the benefits of physical, mental, and brain relaxation? To explore this topic, the study takes National Taiwan University as a case study to illustrate how to combine technology with physical and psychological responses, such as photovoice, wearable devices (e.g., HealthCloud app and iPhone), and big data image analysis to collect and integrate the real- time data within images, psychological response (e.g., pop-up questionnaires), physical response (e.g., heartbeat, heart rhythm variability, blood oxygen concentration, etc.), and environmental information (e.g., temperature, humidity, latitude and longitude, environmental sound, etc.). By using those data and combining with the landscape theory and design principles, we could create a healthy landscape campus. The practical and theoretical framework of bringing technology, brain, and mind together could apply to infer and improve the campus environment, which in order to enhance the overall happiness in the future.

Keywords: Living areas, Happiness, Healthy campus, Landscape Design Principle, Brain Activation.