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“The concept of home is one born very early for all of us. She also believes in unlocking our childhood memories. “From an auditory perspective, I look at loud appliances, television noise, activities in certain rooms where noise can travel, and design solutions to minimise or reduce sounds if the homeowner is more sensitive to certain types of noise.”
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Good visual flow, she adds, “is about organising what the client wants and doesn’t want to see: Some people need to have everything hidden and some like to see organised shelves. “Designing a space with our multisensory needs in mind is crucial to our health, given that sensory imbalances negatively impact on our wellbeing.”
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“Sensation is fundamental to our existence and everything comes to us through our senses,” says Karen. Identifying and embracing individual senses is key to drawing up a plan, she says. “Key questions about how people wanted to use, move through, and enjoy the spaces they live in were overlooked and the typical styles of questioning didn’t enhance the clients’ memory recall to enable them to properly identify trigger key thoughts about their needs or their own childhood memories.” “This resulted in human-centred design needs - arguably the most important - were frequently forgotten,” says Karen.Ī kitchen in a home of a client of Karen's. “I noticed that clients were coming into the design process without having spent much time thinking about their own requirements, despite asking lots of questions on the technical and aesthetic aspects of the design brief. Karen established Dwellbing.ie which comes up with design solutions for homes and workplaces.
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“Clients found an advocate in how I work with the architects, ensuring their voice was heard and everything was explained,” she says.Ī living space worked on by design coach Karen Douglas for a client.Īs a design coach, Karen’s focus is holistic and she believes in “a human-centred approach to get the home you want and need”. Karen's since become known as the architect whisperer. “I started to go to meetings with Ronan and I’d find when the clients rang back, they’d often ask for me,” she says. Karen, who has a background in design, coaching, and recruitment, quickly became a “voice” for the many clients engaging with the architects.
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