Please find the attached Research.

I feel sure you have already considered anthroposophy. In Sweden there is an anthroposphic hospital called "Vidarkliniken" in Järna. You might find something of interest there.

THe physical environment has profound influences on health and well being, possibly directly causing symptoms. In most cases relationships are far more significant than most architects imagine, because it's not all about using stairs instead of lifts, or having openable windows instead of AC. You probably know most of my work on the subject - but here are a couple of key references:

1. The following link brings up an article about architecture and somatic health: Golembiewski, 'Salutogenic design: The neural basis for health promoting environments', World Health Design Scientific Review, 5/4 (2012). https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4JLf9-xpaWAMUZOR0NYWlVuazA

2. This one is about mental health: Golembiewski, 'Architecture, the urban environment and severe psychosis. Part I: Aetiology', Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health 2/1 (2017).  http://www.urbandesignmentalhealth.com/journal2-psychosis.html

@Rzger Abdulkarim Abdula 

Thanks for this excellent reference. Although I have somewhere near 1000 references relating to the built environment and human behavior and health/learning, in one form or another - this was a new one to me. Much appreciated! I found this related point in the recommendations section:

"By making environments interesting, sufficiently complex, and sufficiently mysterious, people will be encouraged to explore them." Carr 1982

I am specifically wanting to investigate features that permit playful behavior and curious exploration.

@Linda Kvist

Interestingly (to me), as a trained early childhood educator, early on I had intended to pursue teaching credentials in Waldorf education (ties with Steiner and anthroposophy directly) and this interest for me must connect in the designed environment. I didn't end up pursuing that path, but the aesthetics of Steiner related places are still quite important. This highlighting the built environment is also a characteristic shared with the Reggio Emilia approach. The classroom as the "third teacher" (such as termed in the book whose image I attached).

I look forward to looking into the Vidarkliniken hospital - thanks for that reference! I haven't been using anthroposophy as a keyword, so I do appreciate the idea.

@Jan Golembiewski 

Thanks for your feedback. I agree wholeheartedly with what you say and you are right, I am familiar with most of your work (and now so too are my Masters' students, especially one who did her capstone thesis project on design for community mental health entrances and lobby.) However, I hadn't seen your most recent one - thanks for sharing it! UD/MH looks like an important journal. I look forward to reading this.

Hi, Sounds like a fun course!  You may want to contact my friend David Thomas to learn more about his research and resources but here is a fun TED Talk Boulder that he gave a few years ago:

TedxBoulder - David Thomas - What Makes a Place Fun

https://youtu.be/KBgaf2VkzlQ

It isn't a very specific overlap related to health but I do think it links playing with the built environment in a few new ways.

https://youtu.be/KBgaf2VkzlQ

http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/ArchitecturePlanning/facultystaff/directories/Pages/Individual%20Pages_Architecture/Thomas_David.aspx

@BambiLynnYost

See - this is why I post a request on RG! Thank you =] David is utterly on to something with the 'is/is not' ambiguity, from my perspective. So clever and I will absolutely be showing this Ted talk and reaching out to find more of his work for my course. The 'fun' component seems to be a prime driver of the curious and playful aspects I am including in my course. Thank you Bambi!