Studio dVO – Fiona de Vos
Articles / In the Media
Please note: most articles are in Dutch!
Articles / In the Media
Please note: most articles are in Dutch!
Can living in a Tiny House make you happy? Interview for Flow Magazine, October 2023
Clutter score. Interview for Financieel Dagblad, October 2023
Het belang van natuur. Interview in De Kijk, April 2023
The importance of nature. Interview in De Kijk, April 2023
Lage Zwaluwe, the worst train station in the Netherlands. Edition NL, RTL, February 3, 2023, RTL.nl
Central Station as a bridge or breach in the city. Leidse courant, January 19, 2023
Train station of the future. stadscafé #26, Rap Leiden, January 11, 2023, Stadscafé #26 – YouTube
Forget the quick fix – dive deep, in a conversation with environmental psychologist Fiona de Vos, Revolve Stories, Revolve, November 2022 Read the article
Buildings are an ‘envelope for behavior’ July design, March 2022, Read the article
Breathing new life in the 21st century hospital, HOSPITAL 21. UIA/PHG, Annual Healthcare Forum, maart 2020, Amazon.com
Waiting in healthcare. BNI, January 2020
Creating successful buildings, EFPSA Environmental Psychology Conference 2019, Praag, november 2019
The New World of Work. Interview in Aestate, April 18, 2019
Can all colleagues shut up for once? Noise drives us crazy, October 10, 2018, RTL Nieuws
Living in 25 square meters. RTL News, May 3, 2018, RTL News
Care as a hotel. Care magazine STARS Design, January 2018 Zorgkrant STARS Design p 4-5
Dollhouse, living on 8m2. PS living Parool, February 2, 2018
Can you open a window? Psychology magazine, no. 2, p. 42-43, 2018
The office garden, it really can’t be done in 2017! Algemeen Dagblad, Business p. 29, July 1, 2017
The psychology of the built working environment. NVVA Newsletter, March 2017
Environmental psychology to guide the design process. Interview in School Domain, February 2016 ISSUU Schooldomein p 8-10
Interview on Environmental Psychology. In Personal, ‘s Heerenloo Care Group, January 2016
New heart almost ready. Interview in Dagblad de Limburger, November 2015 Article
The new way of working. Facility Management, PGM, July 2015, Article on page 6
How to give meaning to an interior? Leoxx, September 2015 Blog Leoxx
Two things, Chemo in the garden. Radio 1, February 2, 2015
The building blocks of a successful building are never just made of stone. In X-roads, D/Dock anniversary issue, 2014 Read the article
The new meeting. Interview in Management, p. 19-21, October 2014
A building should bring people together. Ecophon magazine, Healthcaredesign issue 2015, Article
Pretty is not good enough. BNI Intern, July, 2012
Know who you’re building for. Interview in BeleefComfort Magazine, Summer 2014.
Offer that assurance every time. Interview in Architectenweb, January 2014 Article
Healing environments: How you make buildings matters. Interview in Architect, October 2013 Read the article
Eight key environmental factors for people with dementia. Care Homes, September 2013 Read the article
Healing environment. In Leaders in healthcare. 50 Formulas for Success, by J.J.L.M. (Jaap Jan) Brouwer, G. (Giedo) van der Zwan, managementbook.nl
Healing Environment in dental practices. Dutch Dental Journal, September 2012
New sleep concept for residents and patients. In Care Institutions, September 2012 Read the het article
Healthy working environment. Inside, June 2012 Read the article
Healing Environment more than colors and plants. Hospitable Care #5, May 2012
A practice design with an eye for healing. Medical Entrepreneurship #02, April 2012 Read the article
A pleasant environment has a therapeutic effect. Global, Gielissen interiors & exhibitions, fall 2011
Healing Hues. In Colour Hunting, How Colour Influences What We Buy, Make and Feel. Eds: H.Kamphuis, H. van Onna, J. Tan. Frame Publishers, 2011. Read the article
More human in a building. The Architect, September 2011
A healthy tan, the influence of color on patient recovery. OLVG Magazine, September 2011
No care without service. Volkskrant Banen – Working in care and welfare, June 11, 2011 Read the article
Build smarter, and heal faster. Trouw, 10 June 2011 Article
The new department is indeed healing. Revision, center for rehabilitation, March 2011
Child-centered building: are we still doing it? Child and hospital, April 2011
Patient benefits from color, light and comfort. GPD, various regional newspapers, November 2010 Article
Martini Hospital Groningen opts for healing environment. Healthcare Institutions, October 2010
The importance of digging in Experiencing Architecture, October 2010 Experiencingarchitecture.com
Healing environment requires a holistic approach. NVLA, April 2010
Healing Environments: a hot topic in healthcare architecture. Social Total, December 2009
The perfect building doesn’t exist. Matrix, November/December 2009
No Healing Environment without a prominent role for FM. Facility & Building Management, November 2009
The value of art in healthcare. VOZ Magazine, November 2009 Article
Thinking about livability. The Telegraph, October 22, 2009
Livability key to housing success. Spits, October 22, 2009
The importance of a healing environment. Pediatric Nursing, September 2009
Comfortable being sick. Elsevier, July 4, 2009
Healing buildings. Question in Picture, April 2009
Getting the building to cooperate. Child and Hospital, February 2009 Article
A hospital that heals. Intermediair, April 29, 2008
Martini Hospital Groningen. Dennis Dekker, Inside Information, March 2008
When do we feel at home in our own house? Mind Magazine, October 2008
How healing is the new hospital? Interview Martini Hospital, FC Groningen Media BV, October 2008
A building to get better. Dagblad van het Noorden, December 1, 2007
Unique study on the influence of environmental factors. Matrix, December 2007
Research on the concept of a healing environment. Matrix, October 2007
Healing environment. Arts & Auto, p.18-p.19, 2007 Read the article
Building a model of holistic healing environments for children’s hospitals. With implications for the design and management of children’s hospitals. Proefschrift, City University of New York, 2006 (Download PDF)
Interview Spiegeloog. Spiegeloog, April 2006 Read the article
The human touch. Interview in Radio program KRO Dolce Vita, April 27, 2006
Understanding and Quantifying the Benefits of a Healing Environment. A Comparison of the Old and the New Children’s Hospital. In: Komiske, B. (Ed). Maria’s Wish, 2006
Tracking your Success – Measure Before and After the Project. In B. Komiske (Ed.), “Designing the World’s Best Children’s Hospitals”, Images Publishing, 2005
Importance of environmental psychology still insufficiently recognized, NVTG, 2002
Liempd, I., Hoekstra, E., de Vos, F., (2000). Abroad – Designing outdoor play spaces for children aged 4-12. Amsterdam: Elsevier bv.
Liempd, I. de Vos, F. Hoekstra, E., (2000). Vrijbuiten – Ontwerpen van buitenspeelspruimten voor kinderen van 0-4 jaar. Amsterdam: Elsevier bv.
Child participation in outdoor space. School-Kindergarten, 4, April 2000
Feng Shui in the workplace. Facility Management Information, 11, Nov. 1999
Sick of the Hospital. Interview in Algemeen Dagblad, Diagnose supplement, Feb. 19, 1999.
Evaluation Hospitals. Contribution to Wereldomroep TV Studio NL, Feb. 1999
The built environment as support in the healing process. Facility Management Information, 2, Feb. 1999
Quality standards for child care accommodations. In: Handleiding Kwaliteitsstelsel Kinderopvang, 1999, The Hague: VUGA uitgeverij B.V.
Children want more space and variety. Childcare, 2, Feb. 1999
Officials like seesaw more than children. Response to outdoor space survey in Volkskrant and other newspapers, Oct. 1998
The relationship between characteristics of facades and subjective assessment. Dutch Society for Psychonomics, Dec. 1995
Cognitive maps. Journal of Psychology, no. 6, pp. 16-17, 1992