The purpose of this paper is to construct a theoretical framework for designing healing environments by drawing from existing research. The approach of the paper surveys the literature on how elements of the design have been brought to bear on healing. This effort leads to a holistic approach that considers multiple dimensions of healing as both an individual and social process. The findings of the paper are harnesses that knowledge to provide a theoretical framework based on three design strategies: 1) supporting strategies that use specific elements to reinforce physical health, vital life energy, and psychological well-being; 2) balancing strategies that are oriented toward harmonizing those elements; and 3) nourishing strategies that address emotions, spiritual life, and the soul. Originality, in summary, this paper traces efforts to harmonize individual human health with the built environment across time and uses related knowledge to crystallize a new theoretical framework. It is hoped that this survey of the literature may add to holistic and systemic understandings of healing environments.

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This research deals with the impact of design characteristics that create attractive and healthy internal environments for a school building, as one of the most important issues on evaluating the random position of a local school building in Mosul city northern Iraq. The daylight effects factors that support the efficiency of interiors in a school building was discussed in this work, Where, the specific quality of design characteristics related to building components and daylight elements classes were used. The study employed (Velux Daylight Visualizer-2012) to design the research methodology in order to evaluate three school building types in Mosul city. The gained results of this study confirmed that the design properties related to the factors of daylight have effective role in creating healthy interiors and increase educational productivity. Also, the gained result of this study can be considered as a useful reference for architects, planner, landscape and researchers that they work in Mosul municipality. The objective of this paper is to determine the key design properties affecting to achieve healthy spatial environment, which are related to two main daylight factors. First the solarization average for building at all. Second the homogeneity of daylight at work surface in classroom space.

The legislation and laws related to protection against the natural environment aim to achieve a balance between what is taken from the natural environment and what can be achieved to protect it by the contemporary ideas of the international organizations of Earth Day and environmental protection organizations. That legislation has directed reflections on the protections against urban and architectural environments that are achieved by activating the role of the institutions under the names of environmental protection to adopt basic legislation for protecting the urban and architectural environment. The general problem of research is to determine the shortcomings of the environmental dimensions of Iraqi legislation, laws, and instructions, and the reality of the control system in the light of the renewable mechanisms in this area. The research aimed to assess the status of the local legislative system through a practical study to identify the category of specialists that are directly involved in the system (The planners, engineers, and designers).

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