Publications

Peer-reviewed papers and proceedings: 

2025

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Taufer, F., Benzar, A., Kyrö Wissler, S., Hedblom, M., & Pálsdóttir, A. M. (2025). Visual quality assessment of outdoor settings for nature-based interventions in Sweden using the contemplative landscape model. LTV-fakultetens faktablad, (2025:2). Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. https://doi.org/10.54612/a.722fntd0cn

2024

Gąsior, W., Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Escoffier, N., Zaborowska, A., Giedych, R., Gawryszewska, B. J., Cole, H., & Triguero Mas, M. Green Care for Mental Health: Equity & its main players. Analysis of stakeholders & insights from the GreenME Project. Poster presented at International Conference of Urban Health - Healthier Horizons, November 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2024. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35529.66406

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., & Benzar, A. The role of Contemplative Landscape Model in urban health promotion through nature-based solutions. Poster presented at International Conference of Urban Health - Healthier Horizons, November 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2024. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33851.94247

Zhang, X., Lin, E. S., Tan, P. Y., Qi, J., Ho, R., Sia, A., ... & Cao, Y. (2024). Beyond just green: Explaining and predicting restorative potential of urban landscapes using panorama-based metrics. Landscape and Urban Planning247, 105044.[link]

Zhang, X., Qi, J., Lin, E. S., Tan, P. Y., Ho, R., Sia, A., ... & Olszewska-Guizzo, A. (2024). Towards healthy cities: Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling LiDAR-derived 3D metrics with panorama-based online surveyEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review106, 107497. [link]

2023

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Sia, A., & Escoffier, N. (2023). Revised Contemplative Landscape Model (CLM): A reliable and valid evaluation tool for mental health-promoting urban green spacesUrban Forestry & Urban Greening86, 128016. [link]

Olszewska-Guizzo A, Russo A, Roberts AC, Kühn S, Marques B, Tawil N and Ho RC (2023) Editorial: Cities and mental healthFront. Psychiatry 14:1263305.[link]

Beute, F., Marselle, M. R., Olszewska‐Guizzo, A., Andreucci, M. B., Lammel, A., Davies, Z. G., ... & de Vries, S. (2023). How do different types and characteristics of green space impact mental health? A scoping reviewPeople and Nature5(6), 1839-1876. [link]

Mavros, P., Liang, N. Z., Kirk, S., Te, A., Grübel, J., Melgar, L. A., Olszewska-Guizzo, A., & Makowski, D. (2023). Attenuating subjective crowding through beauty: an online study on the interaction between environment aesthetics, typology and crowdedness. [preprint link]

2022

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Sia, A., Fogel, A., & Ho, R. (2022). Features of urban green spaces associated with positive emotions, mindfulness, and relaxationScientific Reports12(1), 20695. [link]

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Fogel, A., Escoffier, N., Sia, A., Nakazawa, K., Kumagai, A., Ippeita, D., Ho, R. (2022). Therapeutic Garden with Contemplative Features Induces Desirable Changes in Mood and Brain Activity in Depressed Adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry

2021

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Mukoyama, A., Naganawa, S., Dan, I., Husain, S. F., Ho, C. S., & Ho, R. (2021). Hemodynamic Response to Three Types of Urban Spaces before and after Lockdown during the COVID-19 PandemicInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health18(11), 6118.

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Fogel, A., Escoffier, N., & Ho, R. (2021). Effects of COVID-19-related stay-at-home order on neuropsychophysiological response to urban spaces: Beneficial role of exposure to nature?Journal of Environmental Psychology75, 101590. [link]

2020

Yanru, H.; Masoudi, M.; Chadala, A.; Olszewska-Guizzo, A. Visual Quality Assessment of Urban Scenes with the Contemplative Landscape Model: Evidence from a Compact City Downtown CoreRemote Sens. 2020, 12, 3517.[link]

Kumar, Mitali (2020) Subconscious Landscapes: Impact of the exposure to campus greens on the mental health and well-being of university students. Master of Landscape Architecture dissertation, National University of Singapore. [link]

Olszewska-Guizzo, A., Sia, A., Fogel, A., & Ho, R. (2020). Can Exposure to Certain Urban Green Spaces Trigger Frontal Alpha Asymmetry in the Brain?—Preliminary Findings from a Passive Task EEG Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health17(2), 394. [link]

2019

Andreucci, M. B., Russo, A., & Olszewska-Guizzo, A. (2019). Designing Urban Green Blue Infrastructure for Mental Health and Elderly WellbeingSustainability11(22), 6425.[link]

2018

Bil, J., Labuz-Roszak, B., Gorczyca P. (2018) Interactions between neurology and architecture – creating the built environment and its impact on the brain.  Archives of Medical Science 10/2018;, DOI:10.5114/aoms.2018.79142 [link]

Olszewska-Guizzo, A.A., Escoffier, N., Chan, J., Tan, P.Y. (2018) Window View and the Brain: Effects of Floor Level and Green Cover on the Alpha and Beta Rhythms in a Passive Exposure EEG Experiment. IJERPH. 15(11),  2358 [link]

Olszewska-Guizzo, A. A., Paiva, T. O., & Barbosa, F. (2018). Effects of 3D Contemplative Landscape Videos on Brain Activity in a Passive Exposure EEG ExperimentFrontiers in psychiatry 9.  [link]

Andreucci M. B., Livoreil B., Olszewska-Guizzo A.A., de Vries S., Lammel A., Russo A., O’brien L., Davies Z., Glanville J., Keune H., Marselle M.R., Remmen R., Wood H. (2018) Assessing Relevant Knowledge Related to the Types and Characteristics of Urban Green & Blue Spaces Having a Significant Impact on Human Mental health and Well-being, Healthy landscapes | UNISCAPE International Conference, Bologna, Italy (6-8 June, 2018).

Olszewska, A. A., Marques, P. F., Ryan, R. L., & Barbosa, F. (2018). What makes a landscape contemplative?. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45(1), 7-25.[link]

2016

Olszewska, A. A. Marques, P.F. 2016. Contemplative Greenways Design forthe Health and Well-Being of City Inhabitants, in: Jombach, S, Valánszki, I.,Filep-Kovács, K., Fábos, J. Gy., Ryan, R.L., Lindhult, M.S., Kollányi, L. (Eds.)2016: Greenways and Landscapes in Change – Proceedings of 5th FábosConference on Landscape and Greenway Planning (Budapest, 30 June,2016), pp. 425-432 [link]

Navickas, L., Olszewska, A., & Mantadelis, T. (2016, June). CLASS: Contemplative landscape automated scoring system. In Control and Automation (MED), 2016 24th Mediterranean Conference on (pp. 1180-1185). IEEE. [link]

Olszewska, A. A., Bil, J. S. 2016. Therapeutic garden design for patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Space & Form, (25/1), 259-270. [link]

Bil, J. S. (2016). Stigma and architecture of mental health facilitiesThe British Journal of Psychiatry208(5), 499-500.[link]

2015

Olszewska, A. A., Marques, F. P. & Barbosa, F., (2015) Enhancing Urban Landscapes with Neuroscience Tools. Lessons from the Human Brain, CITYGREEN, Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology: Singapore, 11, 60 – 65. [link]

2014

Olszewska, A. A., Marques, F. P. & Barbosa, F., (February, 2014) Urban Planning, Neurosciences and Contemplation for improving well-being in our cities, Architectural Research Centers Consortium Journal. [link]

Bil, J. (2014). Evidence Based Design for contemporary healthcare facilitiesSpace & Form22(1), 69-80.

2013

Olszewska, A. A., Marques, P. F., & Barbosa, F. 2013. Landscape Architecture and Neuroscience: The New Meaning of Contemplative Landscapes, International Conference Spaces and Flows – Urban and ExtraUrban Studies , Amsterdam/ Netherlands, 22-23.11.2013

 

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